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Here you can find blogs written by researchers at CRRC Georgia that analyse trends in the region and are mainly based on the survey data conducted by CRRC Georgia. These articles first appear on OC Media’s Caucasus Data Blog as part of the collaboration between CRRC Georgia and OC Media.

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მსოფლიო ბანკის მონაცემების მიხედვით, საბჭოთა კავშირის დაშლის შემდეგ, საქართველო მეტად ურბანული გახდა. საბაზრო ეკონომიკაზე გადასვლამ რეგიონებში უთანასწორო განვითარება გამოიწვია. უკეთესი საცხოვრებელი პირობებისა და მეტი ეკონომიკური შესაძლებლობების ძიებაში სულ უფრო მეტმა ადამიანმა მიაშურა დიდ ქალაქებს. ამის შედეგად, 2014 წელს ჩატარებული აღწერის მიხედვით, ქვეყნის მოსახლეობის ნახევარზე მეტი (57.5%) ქალაქის ტიპის დასახლებაში ცხოვრობს.
The visa liberalisation agreement between Georgia and the EU is expected to enter in force in Summer 2016, allowing Georgian citizens holding biometric passports to enter and stay in Schengen area countries without a visa for up to 90 days…
Although the history and contextual background of volunteering in Europe vary from country to country, in most western societies, the development of volunteerism is associated with the emergence of civil society organizations, which appeared on the scene as a result…
[In this last blog post of 2015, CRRC Researcher Tamuna Khoshtaria reflects on one the most important aspects of Georgian society – people to rely on, i.e. relatives, friends, neighbors.]

When I was studying in Germany, the dormitory’s…
[Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage on Monday, December 21, 2015. The original post is available here. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author alone and do not…
[This post originally appeared in investor.ge] By Nino Zubashvili Following the June 13, 2015 flood in Tbilisi, hundreds of volunteers helped to clean the disaster-affected zones of the city, which stirred the hope that volunteerism is on the rise in…
In Georgia, unemployment is high, and it is higher among women than men. Policy changes are definitely needed not only to increase the employment opportunities, but also to ensure more equal employment opportunities for men and women.
If a referendum were held tomorrow, a majority of the Georgian population (61%) would vote for the country’s membership in the European Union, according to the fourth wave of the Knowledge and Attitudes towards the EU survey carried out by…
The June 27, 2014 initialing of the EU-Georgia Association Agreement, a wide reaching, largely economic treaty, was marked with celebration in Tbilisi as the fruit of a long running diplomatic effort to tighten ties with the European Union over the course…