Publications
- International Republican Institute - IRI
- Macroeconomic policy
- Media & democracy
27
August
2025
Digital transformation is changing how businesses around the world operate, compete, and create value for their customers. For small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), embracing digital tools has become crucial not just for boosting productivity and efficiency, but also for building resilience and ensuring long-term success.
13
August
2025
Georgia's post-pandemic recovery has been marked by strong macroeconomic performance, with real GDP surpassing pre-pandemic trends and labor market indicators showing notable improvement. However, this research note examines whether this recovery reflects genuine structural transformation or masks deeper challenges of labor market polarization.
31
July
2025
Road traffic injuries and fatalities remain a major public health and economic challenge across the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries, placing a significant burden on families, communities, and national economies. To design effective policies and allocate resources efficiently, it is essential to understand not only the human toll but also the economic cost of road traffic fatalities.
28
July
2025
Over the past decade, Georgia has experienced a notable increase in total exports, rising from approximately 2.86 billion USD in 2014 to over 6.55 billion USD in 2024. This represents a more than twofold increase, reflecting broader growth in the country's export sector.
30
April
2025
The Eastern Partnership Road Safety Observatory (EaP RSO) aims to support evidence-based road safety policymaking by improving data availability, comparability, and analysis across the region. As part of this effort, the EaP RSO has prepared a summary of key road safety indicators in its member countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine.
30
April
2025
In 2025, President Donald Trump reintroduced a sweeping tariff policy as a central element of his economic agenda. Framed as a “universal baseline tariff,” the new measures impose a 10% duty on all imports and introduce even higher reciprocal tariffs on countries with large trade surpluses with the United States. These policies mark a continuation and an escalation of Trump’s earlier protectionist approach during his first term.
