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.
Author(s): Dimitri Gvindadze
Edition: 2
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 192
City: Cham
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Reforms, State Building and the Legacy
2 The Soviet Union—The Twilight
3 1991–2003: Early Post-soviet Transition and the Revolution of Roses
4 Georgia’s J-Curve. How to Rebound?
5 Russia
6 Public Leadership
7 The Ten Commandments of State Building
8 National Governance
9 Size and Effectiveness of a Government
10 Structure of a Public Expenditure
11 Market-Based Approach in Agriculture and Healthcare
Agriculture
Healthcare
12 Pensions and Public Sector Salaries
Pensions
Public Sector Salaries
13 Public Debt, Capital Markets and International Assistance
Public Debt Management in Georgia in 2004–2012—Outcomes, Risks and Trade-Offs
Access to International Capital Markets
International Assistance
14 Wealth Generation, Taxes, Customs, Trade and Logistics
Who Creates Wealth?
Tax Reform—More Than a Reduction in Taxes
Customs, Trade and Transportation
15 De-regulation, Privatization, Public Services and Competition
16 Banking
17 Territorial Development and Urbanization
Principle 1: Predictive, Adaptive and Bold Territorial Development
Principle 2: Livability of Tbilisi
Harness Uniqueness
Create Landmarks
Address Over-Congestion
Principle 3: Mitigation of Tbilisi’s Over-Dominance
Example of Batumi
Example of Kutaisi
Principle 4: Coastal Development, Lazika
18 Dollarization: A Thought Framework
19 Parliamentary Elections in 2012
20 The Margin of Error
Bibliography
Index
