Head of the Private Sector Development Research Center
Giorgi Papava leads the Private Sector Development Policy Research Center at the ISET Policy Institute (ISET PI). Giorgi is a candidate for a PhD Economics (ADB) at the University of Chicago. His PhD thesis, ‘Trade Policy in the Presence of Lobbying and Heterogeneously Ignorant Voters’, is a joint work with Lasha Chochua. Giorgi has earned MA degrees in Economics from the University of Chicago (2012) and ISET (2008).
Before joining ISET in February 2020, Giorgi had successfully cooperated, as an economic consultant and researcher, with several local and international organizations.
Giorgi Papava is a CERGE-EI Career Integrated Fellow (CIF), currently teaching two courses at ISET: ‘Law and Economics’ and ‘Industrial Organization’. His research interests include International Trade, Industrial Organization, Political Economy, Public Policy and Monetary Economics.
Projects
1. Development of Indirect Impact Assessment Methodology and Multipliers
2. Developing a Water Policy Outlook for Georgia: country assessment
Publications
Skhirtladze, Sophiko, Zurab Abramishvili, Giorgi Papava, and Irakli Barbakadze. "Impact Assessment of the State Support Program for Micro and Small Enterprises in Georgia." Economics Bulletin 40, no. 2 (2020): 1075-1082.
