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: Eric Livny; Regional Policy; 01 February 2016; Hits: 2723; Rating:

A Song About Seven Phoka Sisters

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The tiny Georgian nunnery in Phoka is a powerful engine of social economic development for the nearby Armenian community and the entire region. Led by the charismatic and immensely creative Mother Elizabeth, the sisters are...

Tags: Agriculture, Rural Development

: Eric Livny, Maka Chitanava and Florian Biermann; Regional Policy; 20 April 2015; Hits: 1750; Rating:

Save the Mingrelian Language!

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Active neglect or even supression of regional dialects and languages was a necessary means of the "nation-building" process, which greatly intensified in many parts of the world in the second half of the 19th century....

Tags: Nationalism, Culture & Traditions

: Eric Livny; Regional Policy; 05 September 2014; Hits: 1443; Rating:

Kazbegi Rooms: with a View to Improvement of Regional Development Policies

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Despite being a major employer and taxpayer in the Kazbegi municipality, the Rooms hotel in Stepantsminda found itself in a zero-sum game with the local community because the government took no timely action to upgrade...

Tags: Market Failures, Rural Development, Tourism

: Eric Livny and Irakli Galdava; Regional Policy; 15 July 2013; Hits: 1275; Rating:

The "Wizz Air Effect" or how Georgia Became Part of the Global Economy

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Regional airports and low cost carriers, such as Wizz Air, are a boon for tourism, industry and agriculture. Additional routes (e.g. to Poland) and competition on existing routes increase competition, lower prices, and bring Georgia...

Tags: Tourism

: Eric Livny; Regional Policy; 03 December 2012; Hits: 1327; Rating:

Roads and Rural Development: the Case of Samtskhe Javakheti

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By drastically cutting travel time to Tbilisi, MCC's investment in road rehabilitation propelled Samtskhe-Javakheti from 5th to 1st in the income-per-household ranking of Georgian regions. Still, the region is in need of industrial development if it...

Tags: Rural Development, Georgia

: Eric Livny and Giorgi Kelbakiani; Regional Policy; 30 November 2012; Hits: 1553; Rating:

Does Georgia Need More and Larger Cities?

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To become more productive, Georgia should build larger and better cities (in plural!). Yet, for the inevitable process of urbanization not to result in the creation of “bad” cities plagued by congestion, unemployment, crime, and drug abuse,...

Tags: Rural Development, Urban Planning, Georgia

A Song About Seven Phoka Sisters

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Kazbegi Rooms: with a View to Improvement of Regional Development Policies

The "Wizz Air Effect" or how Georgia Became Part of the Global Economy

Roads and Rural Development: the Case of Samtskhe Javakheti

Does Georgia Need More and Larger Cities?

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