Mercy Tembon

An elderly woman counts money at a market in the town of Tkvarcheli, some 50 km (31 miles) southeast of Sukhumi, the capital of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia December 27, 2013. The territory of Abkhazia is located several miles southwest of the border with Russia and the Olympic Park in the Adler district of the Black Sea resort city of Sochi which will host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in February. Abkhaz separatists fought Georgian government forces in 1992-1993, after which the breakaway region declared independence. Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Nauru, Vanuatu and Tuvalu recognized Abkhazia as an independent state while all other countries regard it as a Georgian province, according to local media. Picture taken December 27, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (GEORGIA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS OLYMPICS SPORT) - GM1EA161B4D01

Georgia’s destiny will be shaped by its demography

Mercy Tembon, Wolfgang Fengler, and Aurélien Kruse

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

People hold Georgian flags during a rally marking the second anniversary of Georgia's war conflict with Russia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia, in the town of Gori, some 80 km (50 miles) west of Tbilisi August 8, 2010. Georgian forces launched an assault on South Ossetia late on August 7, 2008 after days of clashes with separatists and years of escalating tension with Moscow, drawing a devastating Russian counter-strike that ended on August 12. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili (GEORGIA - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY POLITICS) - GM1E6881J6201

From reformer to performer: How Georgia can build upon its economic success

Mercy Tembon, Wolfgang Fengler, and Aurélien Kruse

Thursday, March 1, 2018