MDG Profile:
In Georgia, the MDGs are seeds for long-term development
Georgia has enjoyed impressive economic growth largely due to a wide range of reforms. However, despite this growth, poverty has decreased only slightly, and both the incidence and severity of poverty remain of great concern to the Government.
In its programme for 2008-2012, the Government pledged enhanced efforts to fight poverty and improve its citizens’ well-being. The policies to eradicate poverty seek to consolidate resources and create effective institutions for helping the poor, with a particular emphasis on social benefits.
One of Georgia’s most comprehensive and effective policy changes was in the education system. The Government invested in refurbishing schools, restructuring the schools’ management system and introducing a new transparent examination system. However, access to education by people living in remote areas is still an issue that requires more attention. Other challenges include women concentrated in low-paid sectors and their insufficient engagement in the decision-making processes. The number of new HIV infections is steadily increasing even though the prevalence of HIV and AIDS is low.
Georgia produced its first Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) baseline report in 2004, followed by an MDG progress report in 2005. A national MDG strategy has yet to developed. In 2007, UNDP assisted the City Council of Tbilisi in drafting an MDG report and has recently been asked to support the monitoring efforts to measure progress to date. In June 2008, UNDP launched the National Human Development Report, which analyzes the main reforms undertaken during the past four years from the human development perspective. It also provides specific policy recommendations for optimizing the inclusiveness of economic growth and improving the efficiency of social services.
Last updated September 2008
Note: UNDP continues to work with national institutions and local authorities in Georgia to help improve people’s lives through its ongoing support to the reconstruction and recovery of the country despite the recent developments.
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Total population
(millions): |
4.4 |
Surface area
(sq. km): |
69,700 |
GDP per capita
(PPP US$): |
3,822 |
GDP growth
(annual %): |
9.4
|
Human Development Index
(Rank 1 - 177): |
97 |
Life expectancy at birth
(years): |
70.5 |
Population below PPP $1 per day
(%): |
6.5 |
Net enrolment ratio in primary education
(% both sexes): |
90.3 |
Carbon dioxide emissions per capita
(metric tons): |
0.8660 |
Unemployment, total
(% of total labor force): |
13.8 |
NOTE: The MDG data presented here is the latest available from the United Nations Statistics Division. The World Bank has recently released new poverty estimates, which reflect improvements in internationally comparable price data. The new data estimates set a new poverty line of US$1.25 a day and offer a much more accurate picture of the cost of living in developing countries. They are based on the results of the 2005 International Comparison Program (ICP), released in first half of 2008. Country-specific poverty estimates will be released by the World Bank in late 2008
