Readers here may not be aware that actually our Armenian CRRC also runs its own blog, to announce and describe CRRC’s events. One of the most recent events was a lecture by the IMF Resident Representative in Armenia, Dr. Nienke Oomes.…
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აქ თავმოყრილია CRRC-საქართველოს მკვლევრების მიერ გამოქვეყნებული ბლოგები, რომლებიც რეგიონში მიმდინარე ტრენდებს აანალიზებს და, ძირითადად, CRRC-საქართველოს მიერ განხორციელებული გამოკითხვების მონაცემებს ეყრდნობა. ბლოგები პირველად OC Media-ს ვებგვერდზე ქვეყნდება CRRC-საქართველოსა და OC Media-ს შორის არსებული თანამშრომლობის ფარგლებში.
Many of our readers know of both our quibbles with indexes, but also our steadfastness when it comes to posting about them. The Bertelsmann Foundation released its trademark index, the Bertelsmann Transformation Index (BTI) (PDF), which according to its producers, is “the global ranking of the…
Books, of course, are essential to knowledge transmission, and for creating a broader conversation within a society. They may be hyped, but bestsellers such as Freakonomics or Wisdom of Crowds disseminate new ideas that enrich our understanding of the world.…
IREX has released a print media election survey a few weeks ago, and this offers an interesting glimpse into growing political engagement in Armenia. Readers of our previous surveys may remember that our data has suggested widespread cynicism in Armenia.…
The alpha version of our Data Initiative data set, broad household data, covering lots of household data, but also political attitudes, social development, some health, education, migration, and social capital questions (and more) is online now. We interviewed more than…
According to CRRC’s 2007 Data Initiative 2007 (visit www.crrccenters.org), around 3% of the population have Internet access at home in Georgia; nevertheless, we were curious to know how fast these people’s Internet speed is across the Caucasus.…
Many social researchers working on the Caucasus bemoan the lack of good scholarly works on the region. However, one recent book, which is both excellent and readable, seems to have fallen under people’s radars — Mathijs Pelkmans’ Defending the Border:…
With the election in Georgia approaching fast, polls are beginning to appear every week. Unfortunately, many of these polls are taken at face value. The reality is that at this point there is not a single pre-election poll that has…
The World Resources Institute, a global environmental think tank based in Washington DC, is providing maps that allow a visual comparison of data for the countries in the South Caucasus. Called “Funnel the Money”, it seeks to chart development within…
