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This paper evaluates whether Georgia is ready to adopt inflation targeting (IT), a monetary policy framework that several emerging markets have adopted recently. After reviewing selected prerequisites for successfully implementing IT, the paper focuses on whether one specific precondition is in place-an empirically stable monetary transmission mechanism. Building on a baseline VAR model, it presents several extensions to explore the various channels using causality tests, impulse responses, and variance decompositions. The paper finds that once the central bank overcomes some institutional and

After discussing the relationship between "descriptive" & "substantive" representation, explored is whether increases in the former (the actual number of representatives) have led to increases in the latter (the ability to represent constituent interests) for African Americans in GA. The state's political culture from the 1960s until the end of the 20th century is described, focusing on elections & office holding. Events that led to increased black representation in the state general assembly are identified & the creation of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus is examined. Data from house & senate journals & the website of the general assembly are used to analyze African American committee membership & chairpersonship, 1979-2000, as well as roll-call voting patterns during the 1990s; comparisons are drawn between the voting patterns of black & white Republicans & Democrats on a wide range of general & race-related issues. References. K. Hyatt Stewart

After discussing the relationship between "descriptive" & "substantive" representation, explored is whether increases in the former (the actual number of representatives) have led to increases in the latter (the ability to represent constituent interests) for African Americans in GA. The state's political culture from the 1960s until the end of the 20th century is described, focusing on elections & office holding. Events that led to increased black representation in the state general assembly are identified & the creation of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus is examined. Data from house & senate journals & the website of the general assembly are used to analyze African American committee membership & chairpersonship, 1979-2000, as well as roll-call voting patterns during the 1990s; comparisons are drawn between the voting patterns of black & white Republicans & Democrats on a wide range of general & race-related issues. References. K. Hyatt Stewart

1. Georgia: revolution and war 1. - 2. Reflections on the Rose Revolution 5. - 3. Explaining Georgia's anti-corruption drive 16. - 4. Georgia's war on crime: creating security in a post-revolutionary context 37. - 5. The difficulties of knowing the start of war in the information age: Russia, Georgia and the War over South Ossetia, August 2008 57. - 6. The Russian case for military intervention in Georgia: international law, norms and political calculation 90. - 7. Civil society and conflict transformation in the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict: accomplishments and challenges 118 . - 8. The Russo-Georgian war and beyond: towards a European great power concert 130. - 9. A view from Tbilisi 150. - 10. Some thoughts on Ronald Asmus' 'Little War that Shook the World: Georgia, Russia and the Future of the West' (Palgrave, 2010) 156

Secession of the Abkhazia & South Ossetia regions of Georgia in the early 1990s displaced over a quarter of a million Georgians, many of whom remain in collective shelters. As Georgia embraces democracy, what can be done to resolve the country's protracted IDP crisis? Adapted from the source document.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables and Boxes -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Terminology -- Executive Summary -- I. Introduction -- A. Purpose of the Report -- B. Methodology -- II. Background and Context -- A. Economic and Political Context -- B. International Ranking and Indicators on Gender -- C. Gender Equality Policies and Commitments -- III. Cross-Cutting Gender Issues -- A. The Persistence of Traditional Gender Stereotypes and Norms -- B. Women and Political Representation -- C. Women's Economic Empowerment -- D. Human Development -- E. Violence against Women -- F. The Sex Ratio Gap -- G. Specific Challenges for Conflict-Affected Women and Girls -- H. Activism on Gender Equality and Women's Rights -- IV. Asian Development Bank in Georgia -- A. ADB Gender Policy and Processes -- B. ADB in Georgia -- C. Mainstreaming Gender in ADB's Operations and Priority Sectors in Georgia -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendix: List of Key Informants

The explanatory note examines the dynamics of remittances in Georgia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Amount of remittances has been increasing in Georgia steadily, experiencing a slight decline in 2008 as a result of the World crisis, but were able to regenerate and almost reach the precrisis level two years later. For many Georgian families remittances present a stable source of income. However, impact of remittances on macro and micro levels is not extensively studied in Georgian context ? exciting studies rather focus on their amount, destinations, and consumption patterns of remittance receiving households. ; Consortium for Applied Research on International Migration (CARIM-East) is co-financed by the European University Institute and the European Union