16
April
2025
On April 16, the ISET Conference Hall hosted an insightful and thought-provoking public lecture by strategy consultant Levan Nadibaidze, titled “Potemkin Growth: Why Georgians Are Rushing for the Exits Amid Increasing GDP, Growing Exports, and Falling Unemployment.”
04
April
2025
Polarization fluctuated throughout the month. The month began with heightened political tensions; however, the situation temporarily stabilized thereafter. The level of polarization gradually increased following the freezing of charity funds and peaked during the sessions of the parliamentary investigative commission established at the initiative of the "Georgian Dream" party.
01
April
2025
The planned 2025 budget for the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture (MEPA) amounts to 808.1 million GEL (an increase of 120.1 million GEL from the amount designated in 2024). The assigned budget was predominantly distributed across the following areas
28
March
2025
In March 2025, the average cost of cooking one standard portion of Imeretian khachapuri stood at 6.93 GEL, marking an 8.3% increase compared to March 2024. However, on a month-to-month basis, the price declined by 1.6% compared to February 2025.
20
March
2025
Economic development of the municipalities (outside capital) is one of the key sustainable development challenges in Georgia. The capital city of Tbilisi, while accounting for nearly 1/3 of the country’s population generates 50% of GDP and keeps expanding, whereas the municipalities, with few exceptions, are losing population and suffering from high incidence of poverty, unemployment, and slow and weak economic development.
