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The French Senate Bill and Armenian Perceptions on Turkey

6 თებერვალი, 2012

As the New York Times reports, on January 23, 2012 the French Senate “approved a bill […] criminalizing the denial of officially recognized genocides, including the Armenian genocide begun in 1915.” The bill has fanned tensions between Turkey and France, emphasizing the…

Caucasus Barometer 2010 reveals Georgian attitudes towards Indians

6 აპრილი, 2011

A recent article in Georgia Today entitled “India through the eyes of Georgian children” described an exhibition, which was hosted by Bharatma, a Georgian-Indian cultural organization established 20 years ago, in which young Georgian public school students displayed artwork portraying their visions…

Insight to Georgian Households | CRRC Data on Economic Wellbeing in the Caucasus

14 იანვარი, 2010

How are Georgians doing financially, how much do they earn and what do they spend on? CRRC’s Data Initiative allows for an in-depth analysis of these and similar issues on the economic status of the population across the South Caucasus.…

Georgian Media as Business | Data Snapshots

11 დეკემბერი, 2009

In terms of the business findings, CRRC’s Media Survey (undertaken in September/October 2009) generated extensive data that is available to help media make good business decisions. One recent presentation, summarized here, focused on showing the diversity of data that is…

How Supply fails Demand | Pots of Honey

7 ოქტომბერი, 2008

So what plagues local business? In many cases it’s the same problem we have in politics as well: there simply is the wrong paradigm. It is self-centered, rather than being other-centered. Or, if that sounds too much like marriage counseling,…

The August Conflict | Economic Impact on Georgia?

2 ოქტომბერი, 2008

In Georgia, attention now turns towards sorting out the impact of the short August conflict. How plausible is the reporting we are seeing? Do the journalists get it right?

Doing business in Azerbaijan: easy in theory

12 სექტემბერი, 2008

Results of the World Bank’s Doing Business 2009 project, claims to present “objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 181 economies and selected cities at the sub-national and regional level”, were made public today.

Tourism: Structure and Cost-sharing

15 აპრილი, 2008

A slightly specialized topic: what’s the cost of tourism? Often suggested as a way of developing parts of the South Caucasus, especially Georgia, quickly, it’s interesting to take a quick look, since in tourism many factors interact: business, environment, architecture,…