2014 Archives - Page 9 of 115

7 July, 2014

On February 3rd, 2014, Facebook celebrated its 10th anniversary. According to the World Map of Social Networks December, 2013 statistics, Facebook is the world’s most popular social network with more than one billion users. It is followed by QZone with 552 million users, Vkontakte…

WiP: Uncertain Returns: Meskhetians and Ahiska Turks in Georgia and Azerbaijan, July 2 – Irina Levis

2 July, 2014

American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the 19th talk in the Spring/Summer 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Irina Levin, New York University and CAORC Fellow
“Uncertain Returns: Meskhebi and Ahıska Türkleri in Georgia and Azerbaijan” Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at 6:15pm
EPF/CRRC-Georgia,…

CRRC Methodological Conference on Measuring Social Inequality in the South Caucasus and its Neighborhood

29 June, 2014

The second annual CRRC methodological conference took place on the 25th of June at Tbilisi State University. With over fifty attendees and a packed program of presentations, the conference drew together policy practitioners and researchers from the South Caucasus and…

Trust in local government in Georgia

23 June, 2014

On June 15th Georgian voters headed to the polls in local elections. There were problems leading up to the elections as detailed in last week’s electoral notes. At present, results show a significant portion of positions in local government going to Georgian Dream…

Electoral Notes – Municipal Elections, 2014

16 June, 2014

Dustin Gilbreath, a Research Consultant at CRRC-Georgia, has written electoral notes on yesterday’s municipal elections which were published on the web-magazine Liberali.The notes discuss the results of the elections, background and significance, changes to electoral legislation, the pre-electoral environment, capital…

Divorce rates in Azerbaijan

9 June, 2014

In the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 2 (by the United Nations), divorce is defined as “a final legal dissolution of a marriage, that is, that separation of husband and wife which confers on the parties…

WiP: Bullies: Why Great Powers Exploit Weak Neighbors, June 11 – Eteri Tsintsadze-Maass

9 June, 2014

American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the 17th talk in the Spring/Summer 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Eteri Tsintsadze-Maass, Notre Dame University
“Bullies: Why Great Powers Exploit Weak Neighbors” Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at 6:15pm
EPF/CRRC-Georgia, Kavsadze St. 3, Tbilisi

Report | Attitudes to the Judiciary in Georgia: Assessment of General Public, Legal Professionals and Business Leaders

7 June, 2014

The report examines knowledge and perceptions of the general public, legal professionals, and business leaders of the judiciary in Georgia.