Along with a recent interview by a Japanese journalist on regional economics and the attendance of a Japanese student in the Class of 2018, ISET is broadening its Japanese experience with a visit to Tokyo.
On 5-6th October, ISET-PI researcher Maka Chitanava took part in a workshop entitled 'Policy Framework for Inclusive Growth in Central and West Asia', organized by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Tokyo. The workshop was aimed at discussing issues related to inequality and inclusive growth in Central Asia and the South Caucasus (CASC) countries, with particular reference to important factors that affect the design of policy frameworks aimed at promoting the creation of 'good jobs'; jobs which are well-paid, secure, and productive, and therefore contribute to achieving the inclusive growth objective.
ISET-PI’s Social Policy Research Center presented research results on internal migration in Georgia at an international conference “Recent Migratory Processes and Europe: Challenges and Opportunities” that took place on September 29-30th in the Tbilisi Biltmore Hotel. The presentation had already been given in the week before at a conference of the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics in Kiev, Ukraine, and two weeks earlier at a workshop on regional economics held at the Ural Federal University in Ekaterinburg, Russia. The authors of the study are Florian Biermann, Zurab Abramishvili, Maka Chitanava, and Nino Doghonadze.