Vladimer Papava
Keywords : Economics political economy geopolitics Macroeconomics Post-Communist Economies
Country : Georgia
Organization : Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
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Email : vladimer.papava@tsu.ge
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Biography :
Rector of the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Academician Vladimer Papava
Vladimer Papava was born in Tbilisi on March 25, 1955.
In 1972 he finished Tbilisi secondary school No 15 with a gold medal. That same year he enrolled at the Faculty of Engineering Economics of the Tbilisi State University with a specialization in economic cybernetics graduating it with excellence in 1977.
In 1977 he started to work as a Junior Research Fellow at the Institute of Economics and Law of the Georgian Academy of Sciences.
In 1978-1982 he was a research intern at the Central Economic Mathematical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and later a post-graduate student at the same institute.
In 1982 Vladimer Papava returned to the Institute of Economics and Law of the Georgian Academy of Sciences, where he held the positions of junior, senior, leading and principal research fellows.
In 1991 he was elected as the Director of the Institute of Economics and Law.
On June 24, 1994 Papava was appointed Minister of Economy by decision of the Head of State of Georgia; he held this position until May 2000.
1996-2000 – Scientific Supervisor of the Paata Gugushvili Institute of Economics
2000-2001 - Deputy Parliamentary Secretary of the President of Georgia
2000-2005 - Professor of the European School of Management (ESM-Tbilisi)
2000-present - Senior Fellow of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies (GFSIS)
2003-2005 - Professor of the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA); during the same years - Chair of the Department of Macroeconomics at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
In 2004 Vladimer Papava was elected as a member of the Parliament of Georgia; 2004-2007 – Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Finance and Budget; 2007-2008 – member of the same committee.
2005 –2006 - Principal Research Fellow at the Paata Gugushvili Institute of Economics; during the same years - Fulbright Fellow at the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
2008–present - Principal Research Fellow at the Paata Gugushvili Institute of Economics of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
In 1982 Papava defended his candidate dissertation on a topic: “Modeling of the region’s construction complex in the unified system of economic mathematical models of national economic development”; in 1989 – PhD dissertation on a topic: “Efficiency of social production and its sectoral analysis.”
In 1990, by decision of the USSR Higher Attestation Commission, Papava was granted a scientific title of Senior Research Fellow, while in 1995, by decision of the Council of Professors of the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, he was granted a scientific-pedagogic title of Professor with specialization in macroeconomics.
In 1997 he was elected as a Corresponding Member of the Georgian Academy of Sciences, in 2013 a Full Member – Academician.
Vladimir Papava is the author of 343 papers, monographs, textbooks and articles with 34 articles published in international and 24 – in Russian journals with high impact factor. He has published 14 monographs abroad (USA, Sweden, Russia, Greece, Azerbaijan). The citation index under Publish or Perish 4 is 490.
He is a member of the editorial boards of two international and one Russian scientific journals with high impact factors.
Vladimir Papava is a member of the following academies, societies and associations: The Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (USA, 1990); The International Input - Output Association (Austria, 1992); The International Informatization Academy (UN, 1994); Georgian Academy of Economic Sciences (Georgia, 1994-2010); The New York Academy of Sciences (USA, 1995); The Western Economic Association International (USA, 1996); The International Academy of Sciences, Education, Industry and Arts (USA, 1997); The Royal Economic Society (Great Britain, 1997); The International Atlantic Economic Society (USA, 1998); Ludwig von Mises Institute (USA, 2006); American Economic Association (USA, 2006); The Central Eurasian Studies Society (USA, 2006); European Association for Comparative Economic Studies (Italy, 2006); American Political Science Association (USA, 2006); American Academy of Political and Social Science (USA, 2006).
During years Vladimer Papava performed various duties: Editor-in-Chief of the Proceedings of the Georgian Academy of Sciences – Economic Series (1992-2005); Chairman of the Coordinating Economic Council of the Scientific Experts Board of Georgia (1992-2003); Member of the Economic Council of the President of Georgia (1993-2003; 2005-present); Alternate Governor of the World Bank for Georgia (USA, 1994-2000); Member of the Editorial Board of the Problems of Economic Transition (USA, 1997-present); Member of the Editorial Board of the Society and Economics (Russia, 1998-present); Member of the Editorial Board of the Central Asia and The Caucasus (Sweden, 2004-present); Member of the Editorial Board of The Caucasus & Globalization (Sweden, 2006-present); Member of the Transatlantic Steering Group for Project on Democratic Transitions (USA, 2006-present); Senior Associate Fellow of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program Joint Center (Johns Hopkins University-SAIS) (2006-present); Member of the CASE (Center for Social and Economic Research) Advisory Council (Poland, 2007-present); Chairman of the Scientific Committee for Economics of the National Academy of Sciences of Georgia (2011-present); Member of the Board of Advisers of the Minister of Finance of Georgia (2013-present).
He has received the following scientific awards:
- Republican Prize of the Ministry of Education of Georgia for the manual – “Economics of Industrial Firm” (co-author Giorgi Papava, 1987);
- State Prize of Georgia in Science for the Series of Publications – “The Methods and Models of Macroeconomic Regulations” (together with a group of Georgian economists, 2004);
- Philippe Gogichaishvili Prize of the National Academy of Sciences of Georgia for the monograph published in the United States – Necroeconomics: The Political Economy of Post-Communist Capitalism (2008).
Bibliography
A new concept for the Caucasus 2008 Southeast European and Black Sea Studies
The Central Caucasus: Essays on Geopolitical Economy 2006
Georgia’s Choice: The European Union or the Eurasian Economic Union 2016
The "Rosy" Mistakes of the IMF and World Bank in Georgia 2009 Problems of Economic Transition
Georgia's Economy The Search for a Development Model 2014 Problems of Economic Transition
Becoming European: Georgia’s Strategy for Joining the EU 2006 Problems of Post-Communism
The political economy of Georgia's Rose Revolution 2006 Orbis
Central Caucasasia” instead of “Central Eurasia 2008 Central Asia and the Caucasus
Georgian Economy: Main Directions and Initial Results of Reforms 1999
The Georgian Economy: Problems of Reform 1999 Eurasian studies
Necroeconomics: The Political Economy of Post-Communist Capitalism (Lessons from Georgia) 2005
The Essence of Economic Reforms in Post-Revolution Georgia: What about the European Choice? 2012
The Central Caucasus: Problems of Geopolitical Economy 2008
On Some Errors of the International Monetary Fund in Georgia 2002 VOPROSY ECONOMIKI
Arménie, Azerbaïdjan, Géorgie : vingt ans de transition économique 2011 The Cahiers de L'Orient
THE END OF THE FROZEN COLD WAR? 2009 Caucasian Review of International Affairs
Necroeconomics: The Political Economy of Post-Communist Capitalism: Lessons from Georgia 2005
Inflation Index Modifications and Expediency of their Application for Georgia 2017
GEORGIA'S ECONOMY: FROM OPTIMISM TO PRIMITIVISM 2017
Post-Communist Georgia Between Two Alternatives - EU and the EAEU 2017 CSIS
Reforming of the Post-Soviet Georgia’s Economy in 1991-2011 2013
The Vector of Economic Development of Post-Communist Georgia 2013
US elections: hopes and expectations from a ‘post-rosy’ Georgia 2012 ODR Russia and Beyond
Energy Cooperation Opportunities in the Caucasus 2011 Caucasus International
The Main Challenges of 'Post-Rosy' Georgia's Medium Term Economic Development 2013 GFSIS
Economic Component of the Russian-Georgian Conflict 2012 The Caucasus & Globalization
POST-WAR GEORGIA’S ECONOMIC CHALLENGES 2008 The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst
Georgia’s “Green Friday” 2008 The Georgian Times
Georgia: Economic and social challenges of the transition - Ministry of the economy of Georgia 1997
“Social Promotion” of Economic Reform in Georgia 1996 Economic Systems
Industrial Policy and Trade Regime in Georgia 1996 Eurasian Studies
Russia's Accession to the WTO: the perspective from Tbilisi 2011 International Alert
Myths about the Georgian Economy 2011 Democracy & Freedom Watch
Georgia's Economic Role in the South Caucasus 2005 Problems of Economic Transition
Georgia: Economy 2008 Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2009
Georgia: General Overview 2006 Central Eurasia 2005
Formation and Development of the 'Caucasian Tandem' 2009 SSRN
Georgia Between Elections: A Monthly Diary 2010-2012 2010
Economics of Post-Soviet Post-Industrialism (The Cases of Georgia and Russia) 2014
REGIONAL RAILWAYS IN THE CENTRAL CAUCASUS AND GEORGIA'S ECONOMIC INTERESTS 2014
Georgian Economy: Mistakes, Threats and Resolutions 2009 Newcaucasus.com
Splendours and Miseries of the IMF in Post-Communist Georgia 2003