Georgia: Selected Issues

IMF Staff Country Reports, May 16, 2006

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• Published: May 16, 2006
• Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451814590.002

Overview

• Reviews financial sector development in Georgia in recent years.
• Investigates why financial sector development has lagged behind economic development and behind developments in more advanced transition economies.
• Briefly reviews recent financial sector development in Georgia, comparing it with developments in:
  • neighboring countries in the Caucasus,
  • the seven poorest countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS-7),
  • the Baltics, and
  • central and eastern Europe.
• Analyzes possible factors constraining financial intermediation in Georgia and in some of the CIS countries more generally.

Major themes and analytical focus

• Banking and financial institutions:
  • Examination of banking sector performance and commercial banks.
• Informality and fiscal dimensions:
  • Consideration of the informal (shadow) economy and its development.
  • Analysis of fiscal risks and public financial management (PFM) interactions with the financial sector.
• Governance and impediments:
  • Corruption and crime as constraints on financial deepening.
  • Institutional and reform-related topics, including references to LEPL and LEPL reform where relevant.
• Comparative transition-economy perspective:
  • Cross-country comparisons with Baltics and Central and Eastern Europe to benchmark Georgia’s financial sector outcomes.

Key statistics and publication identifiers (as presented)

• Pages: 63
• Volume: 2006
• Issue: 170
• Series: Country Report No. 2006/170
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451814590.002
• Stock No: 1GEOEA2006001
• ISBN: 9781451814590
• ISSN: 1934-7685

International Monetary Fund. "Georgia: Selected Issues", IMF Staff Country Reports 2006, 170 (2006).

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