Research Reports
- Europe Foundation
- Global Development Network - GDN
- East-West Management Institute - EWMI
- Center for Social and Economic Research - CASE
- Association of Young Professionals in Energy of Georgia - AYPEG
- Ecorys
- Economic Prosperity Initiative - EPI
- United States Agency for International Development - USAID
- UNICEF
- Policy, Advocacy, and Civil Society Development Project in Georgia - G-PAC
- Asian Development Bank - ADB
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH - GIZ
- Management System International - MSI
- Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation - SDC
- CARE International
- World Bank
- Deloitte
- Heifer International
- United Nations Population Fund - UNFPA
- German Economic Team in Georgia - GET
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - OECD
- Good Governance Fund - GGF
- Pricewaterhousecoopers - PwC
- USAID Governing for Growth - G4G
- OXFAM
- United Nations Development Programme - UNDP
- TBC Bank
- Open Society Georgia Foundation - OSGF
- HEKS/EPER
- Market Opportunities for Livelihood Improvement in Kakheti - MOLI
- IHK for Munich and Upper Bavaria
- Capacity Building to the Agricultural Cooperatives Development Agency - ENPARD
- Evoluxer S.L.
- International Centre for Migration Policy Development - ICMPD
- Millennium Challenge Account Georgia - MCA Georgia
- Promoting Rule of Law in Georgia Activity - PROLoG
- ELKANA
- Good Governance Initiative in Georgia - GGI
- International Fund for Agricultural Development - IFAD
- Regional Environmental Centre for the Caucasus - REC Caucasus
- Land O'Lake
- US Department of Agriculture - USDA
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - FAO
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development - EBRD
- CAREC Institute
- UN Women
- Development Alternatives Incorporated - DAI
- USAID Economic Security Program
- National Bank of Georgia - NBG
- National Statistics Office of Georgia - Geostat
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization - UNIDO
- International Republican Institute - IRI
- International Labour Organization - ILO
- European Union
- Sweden
- Macroeconomic policy
- Agriculture & rural policy
- Energy & environment
- Inclusive growth
- Private sector & competitiveness
- Gender
- Governance
- Green and sustainable development
- Media & democracy
- Covid19
- Regional
After independence from the Soviet Union, Georgia started experiencing a significant rise in the number of boys born compared with the number of girls, the sex ratio at birth. As of 2004 Georgia had one of the highest sex ratio at birth rates in the world, but by 2016 the ratio was at the biologically normal level. The country’s unique position provides valuable knowledge and experience.
Georgia has a number of laws and regulations governing water resources, dating back to the late nineties and partially amended after 2003. These changes, however, have not always followed a clear and coherent strategy. Consequently, in the words of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the current legislation is an “unworkable and fragmented system”.
The European Neighbourhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development in Georgia (ENPARD Georgia) was implemented in March 2013. The main goal of the ENPARD program is to reduce rural poverty in Georgia.1 The total budget of the program is 102 million EUR.
This report covers the process and results from the value chain analysis conducted on the hazelnut sector in West Georgia. The study presents a basis to shape interventions of the forthcoming ‘Phase II: Fairtrade & Organic Hazelnut Value Chain Development for Small Farmers in Western Georgia’ project, which is to be implemented by the Consortium (ELKANA, HEKS/EPER, ANKA and PAKKA) with the financial support of DANIDA.
This volume brings together eight case studies of young Georgian entrepreneurs, men and women who had the courage to take a risk and set up their own businesses. The eight case studies allow readers to accompany these entrepreneurs on the challenging journey of doing business in a very difficult environment, with very limited access to finance, knowledge and modern technology.
The unique cross-country study compares interest rates for a set of retail credit products in Georgia and select transition economies. Preliminary findings suggest that the cost of credit in Georgia is lower than in the CIS countries which have been covered by the survey (namely, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine and in many cases Armenia) while it’s somewhat higher compared to a cohort of Central and Eastern European Countries (CEE) - this is true especially for local currency loans.