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Nino Doghonadze
Sep
21

Georgia’s Shrinking Population

Governance and Social Policy
“Georgians would have half a child if there was such a possibility”. Armenian Bishop Vazgen in Kita Buachidze’s Black Book   According to the population projections of the United Nations (constant fertility scenario), by the end of this century the Georgian people will count only 2.8 million. In 2013, Georgia has been among only 19 countries in the world with a population that decreased year on year. An aggravating factor is the sex ratio of babies, which in Georgia is heavily skewed towards males. While globally about 107 boys are born per 100 girl...
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social policy gender demography fertility aging
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Eric Livny
Great responses, Nino, many thanks! Let's make Georgia a better place and procreate
Tuesday, 22 September 2015 9:09 AM
Nino Doghonadze
Eric, you are asking difficult questions but I will try to answer below:"Should Georgia be worried about having not enough or too ... Read More
Tuesday, 22 September 2015 8:08 AM
Guest — FlorianBiermann
Eric, the article discusses the question whether a demographic problem exists at all separately from the question what are the pos... Read More
Tuesday, 22 September 2015 7:07 PM
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Aleksandra Markovic
May
01

When More Is Less: Values and Europe's Declining Fertility Rates

Governance and Social Policy
Judging by Georgia’s average birth rate, it clearly belongs into the European family of nations. At 1.82 children per woman, according to the latest data, the Georgian nation is below (but still relatively close to) 2.1, the birth rate at which the population size remains steady. On average, the birthrate in Europe is around 1.5, which is significantly lower than it was only fifty years ago. With the exception of Scandinavian countries, Turkey and France (Europe’s demographic “leaders”, with around 2.1 births per woman), all other European nations, ...
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Eric Livny, Maka Chitanava
Eric Livny
Sep
12

Trade with, or Build Walls Around, Frozen Conflict Areas? That is The Question!

Governance and Social Policy
With Russia creating or helping sustain so many “frozen conflicts” on its periphery, it is crucially important for countries and nations finding themselves in this predicament to work a sound strategy of dealing with the situation. The military option has been taken off the table ever since the August 2008 attempt by Georgia to forcefully bring South Ossetia back into its fold. Thus, countries such as Moldova, Georgia and now also Ukraine, don’t have too many good alternatives to choose from. One possibility is to isolate and punish in the hope of erodin...
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Guest — Eric Livny
Dear Salome, thanks for your comment - you are right, we have gone very far in isolationism and it would take years before we are ... Read More
Tuesday, 16 September 2014 5:05 PM
Guest — sjapiashvili
I agree that Economic incentives might be very important for the dialogue to start, but "the isolation politics" has gone so far b... Read More
Monday, 15 September 2014 5:05 PM
Guest — Y
While I understand the point of the article, one should perhaps consider more carefully the context of Mr. Lutsenko's words, befor... Read More
Tuesday, 16 September 2014 11:11 AM
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