@article{1453566, recid = {1453566}, author = {Gvindadze, Dimitri,}, title = {The transformation of Georgia from 2004 to 2012 : state building, reforms, growth and investments /}, pages = {1 online resource (xiii, 191 pages) :}, abstract = {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. Dimitri Gvindadze was the Deputy Finance Minister and the Finance Minister of Georgia in 2005-2012.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1453566}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18264-8}, }