08
May
2013
Recently, we discussed the low ranking of Georgia when it comes to social capital (“Since When Do Georgians Trust Banks More Than Friends?”). In the 2012 Legatum Prosperity Index, our country ranked #140 in the social capital subindex, out of 142 surveyed countries!
17
April
2013
“Fast and furious... Soviet-style: Crazy stunt drivers of Georgia try to impress Hollywood by speeding through crowded public streets.” The clip, uploaded by the team of would-be-stunts has reportedly received 2 million YouTube views in a week.
02
April
2013
When economists discuss the constraints for the economic development of a country like Georgia, one thing is always taken as given: That people have enough to eat.
19
March
2013
The Kingdom of Bhutan is a very special country. When in 2004 King Wangchuck announced that there would be free elections and the kingdom would be gradually transformed into a democracy, people demonstrated in the streets against these reforms.
29
January
2013
According to data provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in the last five years, there were two hikes in global food prices.
