The Transformation of Georgia from 2004 to 2012: State Building, Reforms, Growth and Investments

by Dimitri Gvindadze

Overview

How can developing countries become high-income nations? What are the reference points for measuring national development, public leadership and government performance? What is the nexus between public policies and geopolitical, political, emotional, historical, national governance-related, social and cultural norms, forces and factors which shape the process of the state building? This second edition of the book elaborates on many of these critical interconnections, focusing on 9 years after Georgia's Revolution of Roses in November 2003. The book explains what can be accomplished in two electoral terms at a given starting level of GDP per capita and which pitfalls to avoid. It contributes to documenting an almost decade-long history of Georgia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783031182648
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	11/29/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Dimitri Gvindadze was the Deputy Finance Minister and the Finance Minister of Georgia in 2005-2012. 

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Reforms, state building and the legacy.- Chapter 2: The Soviet Union – the twilight.- Chapter 3: 1991-2003: early Post-Soviet Transition and the Revolution of Roses.- Chapter 4: Georgia’s J-curve. How to rebound?.- Chapter 5: Russia.- Chapter 6: Public leadership.- Chapter 7: The Ten Commandments of State-Building.- Chapter 8: National governance.- Chapter 9: Size and effectiveness of a government.- Chapter 10: Structure of a public expenditure.- Chapter 11: Market-based approach in agriculture and healthcare.- Chapter 12: Pensions and public sector salaries.- Chapter 13: Public debt, capital markets and international assistance.- Chapter 14: Wealth generation, taxes, customs, trade and logistics.- Chapter 15: De-regulation, privatization, public services and competition.- Chapter 16: Banking.- Chapter 17: Territorial development and urbanization.- Chapter 18:  Dollarization – a thought framework.- Chapter 19. Parliamentary elections in 2012.- Chapter 20. The marginof error.