We’re delighted to highlight two of Muhammad Asali upcoming economics papers. Professor Asali has once again proven his international credibility and emphaized the significance of his research in the field. The first piece, Labor Market Flexibility and Exchange Rate Regimes, co-authored with Kuokstis and Spurga, is soon to be published in the European Journal of Political Economy. The work offers the first evidence about the causal relationship between labor market flexibility and the choice of exchange rate regimes. The analysis identifies that more flexible labor markets are expected to have a higher degree of exchange rate fixity; to adopt fixed…

After months of thorough research and hard work, followed by an intensive testing phase, the ISET Policy Institute is delighted to launch its newly redesigned website.  ISET PI is a think-tank with a core mission to deliver policy analyses to the public, and so having the best platform possible is a must. We hope you like the fresh new look of the site, as well as the improved navigation that allows you to find our Research Reports, Policy Briefs, and RIAs, go through our Policy Research, and read our Blogs. You can also follow our News and Events and check our Indexes – including our celebrity publication the Khachapuri Index.  Please let…

Zurab Abramishvili, Head of the Undergraduate Studies at ISET, was selected as a finalist within the University Administration Support Program (UASP) Research Management Fellowship, funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and administered by IREX. Within the framework of the fellowship Zurab spent five weeks at Indiana University in Bloomington. The Indiana University visit was a valuable experience for Zurab to further exchange ideas about research management strategies and observe these management practices in person. “I am extremely grateful to Carnegie Corporation of New York and IREX for granting me this opportunity. My experience gained from Indiana University will…

ISET Policy Institute is an active member of the CAREC Think Tank Network. This year, the fifth CAREC Think Tank Development Forum, held on November 23-24, gathered leaders from the CAREC Institute, Asian Development Bank, other international organizations, leading regional think tanks, experts, alongside various academics to discuss economic corridors as drivers of fiscal growth and regional integration. One of the core forum sessions, which mapped the role of think tanks and knowledge platforms in the development of these economic corridors, was moderated by Tamar Sulukhia, ISET Policy Institute Director. This meeting focused on examining knowledge exchanges and the development…