Research Reports

- Europe Foundation
- Global Development Network - GDN
- East-West Management Institute - EWMI
- Center for Social and Economic Research - CASE
- Association of Young Professionals in Energy of Georgia - AYPEG
- Ecorys
- Economic Prosperity Initiative - EPI
- United States Agency for International Development - USAID
- UNICEF
- Policy, Advocacy, and Civil Society Development Project in Georgia - G-PAC
- Asian Development Bank - ADB
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH - GIZ
- Management System International - MSI
- Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation - SDC
- CARE International
- World Bank
- Deloitte
- Heifer International
- United Nations Population Fund - UNFPA
- German Economic Team in Georgia - GET
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - OECD
- Good Governance Fund - GGF
- Pricewaterhousecoopers - PwC
- USAID Governing for Growth - G4G
- OXFAM
- United Nations Development Programme - UNDP
- TBC Bank
- Open Society Georgia Foundation - OSGF
- HEKS/EPER
- Market Opportunities for Livelihood Improvement in Kakheti - MOLI
- IHK for Munich and Upper Bavaria
- Capacity Building to the Agricultural Cooperatives Development Agency - ENPARD
- Evoluxer S.L.
- International Centre for Migration Policy Development - ICMPD
- Millennium Challenge Account Georgia - MCA Georgia
- Promoting Rule of Law in Georgia Activity - PROLoG
- ELKANA
- Good Governance Initiative in Georgia - GGI
- International Fund for Agricultural Development - IFAD
- Regional Environmental Centre for the Caucasus - REC Caucasus
- Land O'Lake
- US Department of Agriculture - USDA
- CAREC Institute
- UN Women
- Development Alternatives Incorporated - DAI
- USAID Economic Security Program
- National Bank of Georgia - NBG
- National Statistics Office of Georgia - Geostat
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization - UNIDO
- International Republican Institute - IRI
- International Labour Organization - ILO
- European Union
- Government of Sweden/Sida

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On 27 June 2014, Georgia and the EU signed the Association Agreement (AA), including the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA), which fully entered into force on 1 July 2016. The goal of the DCFTA is to provide a framework for new trade opportunities, enhance competitiveness in the business sector, and support closer economic integration between Georgia and the EU based on reforms in trade-related fields.

Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) is a process of evidence-based policymaking, which helps in complying with better regulatory principles and designing better regulations. RIA is a tool for transparency of the legislative process. The issue of RIA institutionalization has been a commitment envisaged in the international and national policy documents of Georgia.

Prior to the current Insolvency Reform, Georgia’s legislative framework regulating insolvency proceedings fell short of meeting international standards – it did not meet neither creditors’ nor debtors’ needs and failed to offer incentives to the insolvent companies to choose rehabilitation as their optimal strategy for resolving financial difficulties.

This semi-annual report provides an analysis of economic trends, as well as denoting the challenges and opportunities (in local, regional, and global contexts) across selected value chains within six sectors to improve evidence-based decision-making through the provision of quality information and analytics.

The goal of the vocational education support programme is to promote the socioeconomic integration of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and ecomigrants and improve their living conditions by creating employment prospects, and it aims to do so by promoting the vocational education of IDPs and ecomigrants in order to increase their competitiveness in the labour market.

This annual report provides an analysis of economic trends, as well as denoting the challenges and opportunities (in local, regional, and global contexts) across selected value chains within six sectors to improve evidence-based decision-making through the provision of quality information and analytics.