ISET and the Asian Development Bank Co-organize a Seminar on Inequality and Inclusive Economic Growth
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On Tuesday, March 29 ISET and the Asian Development Bank co-organized a seminar on Inclusive Economic Growth in Georgia. The event was part of a joint project of ISET and ADB, Good Jobs for Inclusive Growth, aimed at creating conditions to enable inclusive economic growth in developing countries. In addition to focusing on inequality in income and opportunities, the seminar examined the issue of social protection and development of institutions.
According to Michael Beenstock, the leader of ISET-PI's research team, Georgia was a much more equal society in 2015 compared to late 1990s. However, when we look at the spatial aspect of inequality, most improvement is related to greater equality within regions, not between them. Thus, the gap between Tbilisi and the rest of Georgia remains intact. Another positive finding is that Georgia continues to enjoy fairly high (though declining) income mobility - within the same year many people see their incomes go up and down in a very dramatic fashion, resulting in a more equitable distribution of income. The gender gap has also narrowed over time: the "premium" for changing (statistically, not surgically) one's gender from female to male (holding constant other observable characteristics such as age, education and experience) has come down over the last 15 years.
A successful ISET Alumnus: Ivane Pirveli
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We continue to track the success of our graduates and would like to congratulate Ivane Pirveli from ISET class 2011 on his latest achievement. Currently serving as Deputy Head of the Gas Department at the Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission (GNERC), Ivane had been recently offered a prestigious position of a Seconded National Expert on Georgian energy law with the Austria-based Energy Community Secretariat. This organization deals with international energy policy, bringing together organizations representing the European Union, on the one hand, and those from South-East Europe (including the Black Sea region), on the other. Established in October 2005, it aims to extend the EU internal energy market to South-East Europe and beyond. Thanks to this appointment, in May-December 2016, Ivane will work in Vienna alongside key international energy experts and external stakeholders. His task will be to prepare a comprehensive report on Georgia’s energy law compliance with the Energy Community acquis.
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