 Vladimer Papava |
| Dr. Papava is a Senior Fellow at the Georgian Foundation
for Strategic and International Studies. He is author of more than 200 works
devoted to the problems of economic theory, macroeconomics, and
economic/mathematical modeling, most notably, his study of economic
transformation in post-Communist countries. His research is complemented by
a unique practical experience. In 1994-2000, serving as Minister of Economy
of the Republic of Georgia, he was actively involved in a fiscal reform,
complete liberalization of the wheat market, institutional reforms, etc. As
a member of the Georgian government, he was one of the leading participants
in negotiations with the IMF and World Bank.
He is a Senior Associate Fellow of the Joint Center formed by the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute (Johns Hopkins University-SAIS) and the Silk Road Studies Program (Uppsala University), a Member of the Parliament of Georgia and a member of the Georgian Academy of Sciences. |
Curriculum Vitae
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1994 |
English Training Courses Cambridge Eurocentre, Cambridge, UK
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1979-1982 |
Post-graduate student / Central Economic - Mathematical Institute of the
Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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1972-1977 |
Undergraduate student / Tbilisi State University / Faculty of Economic
Cybernetics,
Tbilisi, Georgia
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1989 |
Doctor of Economic Sciences / Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia |
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1982 |
Candidate of Economic Sciences / Central Economic - Mathematical Institute of the Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia |
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2005-2006 |
Fulbright Scholar at the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, The Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC, USA |
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| 2005-2006 | Principal Research Fellow at the Paata Gugushvili Institute of Economics of the Georgian Academy of Sciences, Tbilisi, Georgia |
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2004-present |
Member of The Parliament of Georgia, Deputy Head of the Committee for Finance and Budget, Tbilisi, Georgia |
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2003-2005
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Professor , Chair of the Department of Macroeconomics at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia |
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2003-2005 |
Professor of The Georgian Institute of Pubic Administration (GIPA), Tbilisi, Georgia |
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2001-present |
Senior fellow of The Georgian Foundation for
Strategic and International Studies (GFSIS), Tbilisi, Georgia
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2000-2005 |
Professor of The European School of Management (ESM-Tbilisi), Tbilisi,
Georgia
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2000-2001 |
Deputy Parliamentary Secretary of the President of
Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia
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1994-2000 |
Minister of Economy of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia
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1996-2000 |
Scientific Supervisor of the Paata Gugushvili
Institute of Economics of the Georgian Academy of Sciences,
Tbilisi, Georgia
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1991-1996 |
Director of the Paata Gugushvili Institute of Economics of the Georgian
Academy of Sciences, Tbilisi, Georgia
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1990-1996 |
Professor of Macroeconomics of Tbilisi State
University, Tbilisi, Georgia
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1982 - 1991 |
Senior Researcher of the Paata Gugushvili Institute
of Economics of the Georgian Academy of Sciences, Tbilisi, Georgia
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1977 - 1979 |
Junior Researcher of the Paata Gugushvili Institute
of Economics of the Georgian Academy of Sciences, Tbilisi, Georgia
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| 2006-present | Senior Associate Fellow of the Joint Center formed by the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute (Johns Hopkins University-SAIS) and the Silk Road Studies Program (Uppsala University) Washington D.C., USA/Uppsala, Sweden |
| 2006-present | Member of the Transatlantic Steering Group for the Project on Democratic Transitions, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
| 2006-present | Member of the Editorial Board of the Caucasus & Globalization, Luleå, Sweden |
| 2005-present | Member of the Economic Council of the President of Georgia |
| 2004-present | Member of the Editorial Board of the Central Asia and The Caucasus, Luleå, Sweden |
| 2002-present | Chairman of the Scientific Economic Council of the Academy of Sciences of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia |
| 2002-2003 | Member of the Editorial Board of the "Framework for Donor Assistance to PREGP Preparation"-the Poverty Reduction Strategy for Georgia (UNDP), Tbilisi, Georgia |
| 1998-present | Member of the Editorial Board of the Problems of Economic Transition, Armonk, NY, USA |
| 1996-2000 | Chairman of the Coordinating Economic Council of the Scientific Experts Board of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia |
| 1994-2000 |
Alternate Governor of the World Bank for Georgia Washington, DC, USA |
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| 1993-2003 | Member of the Economic Council of the President of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia |
| 1992-2005 | Editor-in-Chief of The Proceedings of the Georgian Academy of Sciences – Economic Series, Tbilisi, Georgia |
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20 monographs and books
and more than 190 papers. Main publications (for details see: |
| 2006 |
Georgia: Becoming European. Georgia's Strategy
for Joining the EU. (Problems of Post-Communism, vol. 53, No. 1)(with M.
Tokmazishvili) |
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Necroeconomics: The
Political Economy of Post-Communist Capitalism. New York, iUniverse. |
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The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan
Pipeline: Implications for Georgia. In: The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline:
Oil Window to the West. Ed. by S. Frederick Starr and Svante E. Cornell.
Uppsala, The Silk Road Studies Program, Uppsala University. |
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Essays on the
Political Economy of Post-Communist Capitalism. Moscow, Delo i Serviss. (with
T. Beridze; in Russian) |
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Central Caucasus and the
Economy of Georgia. Baku, Nurlan. (with
T. Beridze and E. Ismailov; in Russian) |
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The Doctrine of
Market Equality. Questions of Theory and Its Application to the Process
of Postcommunist Transformation. (Problems of Economic
Transition, vol.47, No.8) |
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Financial Globalization and Post-Communist Georgia.
New York, iUniverse (with V.Chocheli). |
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Splendours and Miseries of the IMF in Post-Communist Georgia. Laredo, we-publish.com. |
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Necroeconomics – the
Theory of Post-Communist Transformation of Economy. (International Journal of Social Economics, vol.29, No.10) |
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On the Laffer Effect in
Post-Communist Economies. (Problems of Economic Transition, vol.45,
No.7) |
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Necroeconomics and
Post-Communist Transformation of Economy. Tbilisi, “Company Imperial,
Ltd.” |
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Considerations on the
Theory of Post-Communist Transformation of the Society. (Economics
and Society, No. 7) |
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2000 |
State, Public Sector
and Theoretical Prerequisites to a Model of an “Economy Without Taxes” (International Journal of Social Economics, vol.27,
No.1) |
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1999 |
The Georgian Economy:
Main Directions and Initial Results of Reorms. In: Systemic Change in
Post-Communist Economies. Ed. by P. G. Hare. London, Macmillan Press. |
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1997 |
Georgia: Economic and
Social Challenges of the Transition.
(Problems of Economic Transition, vol.40, No.7/8) |
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1996 |
The Georgian Economy:
From “Shock Therapy” to “Social Promotion.” (Communist Economies &
Economic Transition, vol.8, No. 2) |
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1994 |
The Role of the State in
the Modern Economic System (Problems of Economic Transition, vol.37,
No. 5) |
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1993 |
A New View of the
Economy Ability of the Government, Egalitarian Goods and GNP.
(International Journal of Social Economics, vol.20, No. 8) |
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1988 |
Efficiency of Production in the Input-Output Models. Tbilisi, Metsniereba. (In Russian). |
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| 2006 | American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
| 2006 | American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, USA |
| 2006 | European Association for Comparative Economic Studies, Turin, Italy |
| 2006 | The Central Eurasian Studies Society, Cambridge, MA, USA |
| 2006 | American Economic Association, Nashville, TN, USA |
| 2006 | Ludwig von Mises Institute, Auburn, AL, USA |
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1998 |
The International Atlantic Economic Society, IL, USA |
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1997 |
Corresponding Member of the Georgian Academy of Sciences, Tbilisi, Georgia |
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1997 |
The Royal Economic Society, Cambridge, UK |
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1997 |
The International Academy of Sciences, Education, Industry and Arts, California, USA |
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1996 |
The Western Economic Association International, CA, USA |
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1995 |
The New York Academy of Sciences, NY, USA |
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1994 |
Vice - President of Georgian Academy of Economic Sciences, Tbilisi, Georgia |
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1994 |
The International Informatization Academy, Moscow, Russia |
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1992 |
The International Input - Output Association , Klosterneuburg, Austria |
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1990 |
The
Society of the Advancement of Economic Theory,
Illinois, USA
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2004 |
State Prize of Georgia in Science for the Series of Publications – “The Methods and Models of Macroeconomic Regulation” (together with a group of Georgian Economists), Tbilisi, Georgia |
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1987 |
Republican Prize of the Ministry of Education of Georgia for the manual of “Economics of Industrial Firm,” Tbilisi, Georgia |