The project supports the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia to identify priority sectors/subsectors of the economy to target foreign investment. The sectors prioritized have potential for an increase in productivity and export to the EU market and therefore are potentially attractive to foreign investors.

On 1-2 February, Yaroslava Babych, head of Macroeconomic Policy Research Center participated in an international forum – “The Prospects of Georgia’s Democratic and Economic Development” organized by the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI), in partnership with the University of Bremen and with the financial support of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany.

The International School of Economics is seeking Multimedia Specialist. Multimedia Specialist is generally responsible for producing, managing, and publishing print, web, and multimedia materials for ISET and ISET-PI (including video and visualizations). S/he will report to Head of Communications Department.

This project implements Hierarchical Linear Modeling and identifies determinant factors for mathematics test results in Georgia.

Currently, the Georgian agricultural sector is characterized by relatively low productivity (by international standards) and its contribution to the GDP of the country is much lower than what it could be, considering that 45%1 of the Georgian labor force is currently employed in agriculture.