List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes; Prologue. Who Creates Wealth?; 1 The Escape Velocity of Reforms; Abstract ; 2 Georgia's "J-Curve"; Abstract ; Soviet Union; Early Post-Soviet Transition; 3 Political Economy of Georgia's Reforms in 2004-2012: The Ten Commandments; Abstract ; 4 Pillars of Georgia's Growth and of Investor Outreach in 2004-2012; Abstract ; Pillar 1-Health of the Sovereign Balance Sheet; Proper Size of the Government; Proper Composition of the Public Expenditure; Proper Management of the Public Debt

Proper Conceptualization of the Access to the International Capital MarketsProper Donor Coordination; Pillar 2-Soundness of the Business Environment; Tax Reform: Much More Than the Reduction in Tax Rates; Customs, Trade and Transportation; Deregulation, Privatization, Innovative Public Services and the Domestic Competition; Pillar 3-Efficient Banking Sector; 5 The Outcome: Sound Growth, Significant Inbound Investment, Substantially Reduced Corruption; Abstract ; 6 The Limits and the Virtues of the Public Action: The Example of Agriculture; Abstract ; 7 Riding the Bicycle; Abstract