Acting Head of the Agriculture and Rural Policy Research Center
Salome Gelashvili has a BA Degree in Business Administration from Tbilisi State University (2009) and an MA in Economics from ISET (2011).
Salome has extensive experience in the research, monitoring and evaluation of economic development projects with a particular focus on agriculture. In July 2014, she joined the Agricultural Policy Research Center (APRC) at ISET-PI as a Senior Research Associate. Prior to joining the APRC, she worked for the Mercy Corps as a Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist.
As of today, Salome is the Acting Head of the APRC. Throughout her career at ISET-PI, Salome has managed more than twenty research projects and is also an experienced trainer and moderator.
Salome is teaching the Principles of Microeconomics and Macroeconomics at the Georgian-American University (GAU). Her research interests include Agricultural Economics, Development Economics and Macroeconomic Policy.
Projects
1. Pilot Cost-Benefit Analysis for Alliances SJ Project
3. Bumper Analysis of Agriculture Sector of Georgia
4. Assessment of the Agricultural Card Program in Georgia
5. Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) on the Crop Insurance Reform of Georgia
6. Assess the Food Security Data Relevance and Collection Mechanisms in the South Caucasus
7. Livestock Farm-Enterprise Models in Kakheti Region
8. Identifying Sectoral Priorities in Georgian Agriculture
9. Cost-Benefit Analysis of Climate Change Adaptation Measures in Agriculture
10. Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) of the Draft Law of Georgia on Biodiversity
11. Evaluation of Pilot Projects in Tusheti
12. MOLI Efficiency Evaluation
13. Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) on Draft Law on Windbreaks
15. Georgia Dairy Market System Analysis and Mapping
16. Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) of the Draft Law on Soil Protection
18. Analysis of the Agricultural Knowledge and Information System (AKIS) in Georgia
19. RIA on High Mountainous Region Designation of Energy Development and Access
20. Developing a Water Policy Outlook for Georgia: country assessment
21. Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) on the Draft Law on Agritourism
