04/05/2007
David Ebanoidze estimates his income has grown by about 60% since the USAID-supported AgVANTAGE project knocked on his door. With assistance from AgVANTAGE, his farm near the town of Marneuli has undergone radical changes, including introduction of advanced vegetable...
03/27/2007
Following the break-up of the Soviet Union, Georgia inherited over 62,000 hectares of unused tea land, the majority of which remains abandoned and overgrown. The collapse of the tea industry in Georgia led to a dire economic situation in areas where tea cultivation was...
03/13/2007
Generation from renewable resources contributes to Georgia's energy independence and security. Small hydro power plant (SHP) potential is estimated to range between 300 and 500 megawatts, on par with many of Georgia's largest power assets.
01/16/2007
The long lasting relations that the Community Connections (CC) program creates between program participants and U.S. host families became clear this summer, when two U.S. host families paid reciprocal visits to Georgia.
Mel and Nena Chudnof hosted two CC participants at...
12/10/2006
USAID’s work with the government of Georgia to transform the largest Georgian state-owned energy utility from a corrupt, inefficient operation into a trusted, well-functioning company won the Platinum Award at the annual Management Awards in London. The award was...
11/15/2006
Businessman Bacho Dolidze is turning post Rose Revolution policy reforms into results on the ground. Starting from 2003, his company, the Consulting Group of Caucuses, has been laying new gas pipelines and repairing old ones, restoring gas to settlements that have long gone...
07/25/2006
For the past ten months, eleven young Georgians and the Parliament of Georgia have become inseparable.
These young people are interns in the Georgian Parliament. Their internships are supported by USAID’s Parliamentary Strengthening project, implemented by the...
07/20/2006
CHALLENGE In Georgia, individual apartments in multi-unit buildings were privatized after independence without addressing ownership and maintenance of common areas such as stairwells, roofs, and foundations. Although cities remain technically responsible for these areas,...
07/18/2006
In 2004, the Georgian State TV Company was forced to dramatically downsize their work force, laying off about half of their employees. In a country already suffering from high unemployment, and with little unemployment benefits available from the government, these layoffs...
07/05/2006
The name of a three-year old girl who is playing in the waiting room of the pediatric emergency room is on the list on the triage board. It is written in green, meaning that the young child’s condition is stable and that she can wait until the needs of the patients...
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