On November 13, 2013, ISET hosted a presentation of the preliminary results of “Support in Economic Policy Analysis Using CGE Modeling in Georgia,”an ISET Policy Institute project that started in December 2012 with the financial and technical support of GIZ’s Private Sector Development Program South Caucasus.
The purpose of the event was to present the preliminary results of three policy papers to the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development (MoESD) and the National Bank of Georgia (NBG) and to gather necessary feedback and suggestions, which will then be incorporated into the final policy papers. The three papers presented during the event were:
On October 23, 2013 ISET hosted a strategic dialogue on Georgia’s national competitiveness. Eric Livny, ISET’s Director, opened the dialog with a brief presentation of the major changes in Georgia’s competitiveness performance in the 2012/13 Global Competitiveness Report. Georgia improved from 77th to 72nd position; the country saw the largest improvement in the macroeconomic environment, while doing slightly worse in the labor market, healthcare and primary education pillars.
In the second part of the event, Mr. Livny invited a panel of experts to discuss the potential focus of next year’s National Competitiveness Report (NCR).