Analyzing Competition in Georgia
TI Georgia’s Analyzing Competition in Georgia project was launched in September 2011 and was implemented through a GEL 83,000 grant provided by USAID through East West Management Institute’s G-PAC program. The project focused on the important issue of competition regulation in Georgia. While the issue has featured prominently in various public discussions in the preceding years, there was very little evidence-based research available on the subject. For this reason, TI Georgia undertook to (1) review Georgia’s legal framework and compare it against international best practices and to (2) examine the current state of affairs in selected markets to determine whether the frequently-made allegations of monopolistic practices are borne out in practice. TI Georgia produced three analytical reports on the subject of competition, as well as a number of articles and blog posts devoted to ongoing developments in this field.