Each year, top ISET students receive promising offers to continue their education at some of the best universities in the world. Ala Avoyan, valedictorian of the ISET 2012 class, is currently completing the first year of PhD studies at New York University (NYU). Two of her classmates, Givi Melkadze and Giorgi Mekerishvili, are planning to join her next year having just received fully-funded offers from the economics departments of Georgetown University and Pennsylvania State University, respectively. Although Givi and Giorgi are both still waiting for the decisions of other top-ranked western PhD programs, these offers serve as excellent starting points for their success.
The ISET Policy Institute continues to update Georgian society about the current macroeconomic developments in the country. The highlights of its Macroeconomic Monthly Review of the Georgian Economy, January 2013 are as follows: