Growth Diagnostics for Georgia
31
May
2012
Georgia’s growth performance since independence has gone through extremes, from an unprecedented -44.9 percent in 1992 to 12.3 percent in 2007. Although growth rates temporarily fell in the aftermath of the Russian-Georgian war and the world financial crisis they have since then recovered to 7 percent in 2011
Regional Integration or Transit Corridor?
23
May
2012
This research paper by Tony Venables has some interesting implications for the South Caucasus.
What Georgia Can Teach the World
17
May
2012
The large economies have each, in sequence, offered "models" that once seemed attractive to others but that eventually gave way to disillusionment. Small countries may have some answers.
World of EconoBlogs
11
May
2012
Another Friday – another post with interesting links on economics.
On “Humans” vs. “Econs”, the mystery of human psyche, and the domain of economic inquiry
08
May
2012
You may think that the subject matter of economics is human behavior. Well, not so fast.