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Tuesday, 12 November 2013

CACI Forum: Georgia's Domestic and Regional Economic Agenda: Realities and Prospects for Future

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Wednesday, November 12, 2013

CACI Forum

Georgia's Domestic and Regional Economic Agenda: Realities and Prospects for Future

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Featuring

Mr. Giorgi Pertaia, Head of Georgian National Investment Agency

and

Mr. George Bachiashvili, CEO,  Georgian Co-Investment Fund (GCFund)

and

Mr. Mamuka Bakhtadze, CEO,  Georgian Railway

Moderating

Dr. S. Frederick Starr, Chair, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University

 

Tuesday, November 12, 5-7 p.m.

Rome Auditorium, 1st Fl., the Rome Building

SAIS, Johns Hopkins University

1619 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20036

Reception and light refreshments, 5-5:30 p.m., precede the actual program.

 

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Georgia is an important element of the strategic transportation network connecting Europe and Mediterranean basin to broader Central Asia. Multiple pipelines, air and sea ports, railway and highway systems cross Georgia and help the country integrate with the regional and global economy. Georgia has made significant progress in the reduction of regulatory burden and ease of registration procedures  ranking among the world’s top ten on the World Bank reportDoing Business 2013. In late November, Georgia is likely to initial an Association Agreement with the EU. Despite of these significant achievements, the country is facing serious economic challenges dominated by high unemployment and slower growth as well as limited domestic and foreign direct investments. This Forum will address the question of how Georgia’s public and private sectors plan to address such economic challenges.  

 

The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute is a primary institution in the United States for the study of the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Caspian Region. The Institute, affiliated with Johns Hopkins University-SAIS, forms part of a Joint Center with the Silk Road Studies Program, affiliated with the Stockholm-based Institute for Security and Development Policy. Additional information about the Joint Center, as well as its several publications series, is available at www.cacianalyst.org.

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