2012 წლის შემდეგ, რაც ქვეყნის მმართველობა ქართულმა ოცნებამ გადაიბარა, რეალურმა ეკონომიკურმა ზრდამ ყველაზე მაღალ მაჩვენებელს 2017 წელს მიაღწია და 5.0% შეადგინა. ამ ზრდის დიდი ნაწილი მშენებლობაზე (11.2%), სასტუმროებსა და რესტორნებზე (11.2%) და საფინანსო სექტორზე (9.2%) მოდიოდა. თუმცა, ამ სექტორებისგან განსხვავებით, 2017 წელს ეკონომიკის რამდენიმე დარგი შემცირდა. მათ შორის ერთ-ერთი სოფლის მეურნეობა (-2.7%) იყო.
The ISET Policy Institute presented to stakeholders the Regulatory Impact Assessment of the Draft Law of Georgia on Entrepreneurs at ISET on May 2. The project was prepared by the ISET Policy Institute with the support of GIZ and PROLoG/USAID.
ISET Director serves as a chief academic and administrative officer and provides organizational leadership to the institution with the following responsibilities.
The Khachapuri Index is one of the most popular Indexes in Georgia. ISET uses the Khachapuri Index as a simple tool that tracks inflation. The creation of the Khachapuri Index was inspired by the Big Mac Index, made and used by the Economist. ISET’s Khachapuri index uses a basket for calculating inflation that includes only those ingredients that are needed to cook one Imeretian khachapuri – flour, cheese, yeast, milk, eggs, and butter.
On April 30, 2018, Dr. Yasya Babych (ISET/MPRC) presented at the Georgian Banking Forum 2018 organized by The Financial. The conference was dedicated to the future of banking and took place at the Biltmore Hotel in Tbilisi. Among the invited speakers were Irakli Kovzanadze (Chairman of Finance and Budget Committee of the Parliament of Georgia), Murtaz Kikoria (Vice-Governor, Member of the Board of the National Bank of Georgia), Andras Hemberger(Mastercard), Kakha Kiknavelize (CEO of Bank of Georgia) and other notables.