Events

On October 30, 19:00, Ilia State University will host a discussion meeting "Can Monetary Policy Revive Georgia's Economic Growth?" at ISU Hall G 106. 

Panel Participants:

Professor Andrea Bubula of Columbia University

Giga Barbakadze of the National Bank of Georgia

Rezo Sakevarashvili, Director of Imedi TV

Date and Time: Wednesday, October 30 at 7:00pm

Place: Ilia State University, 1 Giorgi Tsereteli St. (near Vake Park), Building G, Auditorium 106

The panel discussion will be conducted in Georgian. Panel presentations will be followed by a question and answer session with the audience.

Andrea Bubula teaches Economic Analysis for International Affairs in Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs. His expertise is in applied open-economy macroeconomics and finance. His research interests include international exchange rate regimes and interest rate differentials in developing countries. He has worked at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, and was a Fellow of International Affairs at Yale University. In 2008 he received the Columbia University Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching. Dr. Bubula earned his PhD in economics from Columbia University, and holds a 'Laurea' and 'Dottorato di Ricerca' from Universita' di Roma, La Sapienza.

Professor Bubula is in Tbilisi as a part of the EWMI G-PAC Master's in Public Administration (MPA) program, which is established in cooperation with Ilia State University and Columbia University. EWMI G-PAC is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by the East-West Management Institute (EWMI).