Suchergebnisse

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 margin of error.

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

' ... a well-balanced synthesis of theory, facts, personal stories and innovative views that is the must read for any person interested in public sector reforms and in the economic transformation ... ' --Nika Gilauri, Prime Minister of Georgia, 2009-2012 ' ... a comprehensive account of Georgia's success, which offers an attractive reform blueprint for other developing economies to follow ... fleshes out virtually all key issues in a way that is of practical use to any policy maker in a developing economy ... ' --Lado Gurgenidze, Prime Minister of Georgia, 2007-2008 This book discusses the period before and after the Soviet collapse and the impact on Georgia's economy and society. It examines the political economy and the technicalities of Georgia's groundbreaking reforms in 2004-2012 and how they were part of the broad state-building and modernization effort. The author elaborates on the three main pillars of Georgia's growth and investor outreach: health of the sovereign balance sheet, soundness of the business environment and the efficiency of the banking sector. The book also provides cross-country discussion to show how the state building lessons from Georgia could be applied to other similar economies and will be of interest to scholars and professionals in the fields of public finance and economic growth. Dimitri Gvindadze was the Deputy Finance Minister and the Finance Minister of Georgia from 2005-2012. He was Lead Economist of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) responsible for Eastern Europe and the Caucasus from 2014-2015, and has been the EBRD Country Head in Moldova since 2016.