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: Eric Livny; Social Policy; 21 May 2019; Hits: 2899; Rating:

Up to the Georgian Mountains and Down to the Countryside

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Sachkhere-style investment in infrastructure and 50 foreign teacher volunteers won't change the equation for Georgia's small towns and villages. Couldn’t we be a little bit more innovative and ambitious when it comes to equalizing opportunities...

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: Eric Livny and Florian Biermann; Social Policy; 14 November 2016; Hits: 45560; Rating:

Georgian Haves and Have-Nots. Who’s to Blame and What to Do?

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According to EBRD data, Georgia is one of the most unequal societies among its post-communist peers. Moreover, the social and economic status of Georgians is almost predetermined by their circumstances at birth. The remedy for...

Tags: Transition, Social Policy, National Competitiveness, Poverty, Inequality, Georgia

: Eric Livny and Nino Doghonadze; Social Policy; 19 September 2014; Hits: 1576; Rating:

The Puzzle of Poverty and Wages in Georgia

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Poverty is persisting in Georgia despite a nine-fold increase in real wages between 2000 and 2012. Naturally, wage growth benefits only salaried workers, whereas the vast majority of Georgian are either self-emploed, mostly in subsistence...

Tags: Poverty, Employment, Unemployment

: Eric Livny, Olga Azhgibetseva and Nino Doghonadze; Social Policy; 17 March 2014; Hits: 1411; Rating:

"Inclusive Growth" Policies: Roads Paved with Good Intentions

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The Georgian government is advised to look beyond redistribution in its crude tax-and-transfer form to smarter interventions that can make the markets – and economic growth - work for everybody, including the poor. One option...

Tags: Agriculture, Social Policy, Market Failures, Poverty, Employment, Farmer Cooperation, Economic Growth

: Eric Livny and Lasha Labadze; Social Policy; 10 December 2012; Hits: 2360; Rating:

Economic Growth and Income Inequality in Georgia

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Contrary to the Kuznets curve logic, the Georgian nation became poor and highly unequal through rapid dis-investment and de-industrialization. Addressing social gaps - so as to ensure political stability and improve the quality of labor...

Tags: Poverty, Inequality, Economic Growth, Economic Theory

: Eric Livny; Social Policy; 02 October 2012; Hits: 3142; Rating:

Breaking the Vicious Circle of Poverty and Inequality

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The quality of Georgia's public education system is not up to the task of serving the social elevator function. Home to one of the most unequal societies among ex-Soviet peers, Georgia also fails to prevent...

Tags: Transition, Poverty, Inequality, Georgia

Up to the Georgian Mountains and Down to the Countryside

Georgian Haves and Have-Nots. Who’s to Blame and What to Do?

The Puzzle of Poverty and Wages in Georgia

"Inclusive Growth" Policies: Roads Paved with Good Intentions

Economic Growth and Income Inequality in Georgia

Breaking the Vicious Circle of Poverty and Inequality

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