Georgia Resilient Agriculture, Irrigation, and Land Project

About this project

A. Country Context1. Georgia is an upper-middle-income country with an annual gross domestic product (GDP) per capita of US$5,023 in 2021 and a population of about 3.7 million. The country's economy grew at an average annual rate of nearly 5 percent between 2005 and 2021 despite numerous upheavals, including: the global financial crisis of 2007–08, conflict with the Russian Federation in 2008, the drop in commodity prices since 2014, the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, and the Russian Federation's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. In 2021, the economy rebounded strongly (10.4 percent growth), driven by the recovery of consumption and exports. Like other economies in the South Caucasus and Central Asia, Georgia benefited from large inflows of money transfers and people in the aftermath of the war in Ukraine and the subsequent sanctions on Russia. In 2022, economic growth averaged 10.1 percent. 2. Georgia implemented important economic reforms that facilitated a decrease in the national poverty rate from 37.4 percent in 2007 to 17.5 percent in 2021. The reforms led to improved income and living conditions for the country's bottom 40 percent. However, more than half of the population remain in poverty according to the upper middle-income line (US$6.86 per person per day in 2017 Purchasing Power Parity). Although inequality declined after 2010, with a Gini Index of 36.4 in 2021, Georgia has one of the highest levels of income inequality in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region. The incide…

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World Bank · Multilateral

Countries

Georgia

Sectors

Water sector policy and administrative managementAgricultural extensionAgricultural policy and administrative managementMulti-hazard response preparednessAgricultural land resourcesEnvironmental policy and administrative management

Places

Zeda Tlughi, Kvemo Kartli, Kakheti, Shida Kartli, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Samegrelo-Zemo Svanetis Mkhare

Funded by

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Implemented by

National Agency of Public Registry

Accountable

Georgia

Passes funds through

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

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