MINIMUM LIVELIHOOD IN GEORGIA: POLITICAL WEAPONS TO COVER REAL POVERTY
MINIMUM LIVELIHOOD IN GEORGIA: POLITICAL WEAPONS TO COVER REAL POVERTY
Author(s): Paata SheshelidzeSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Economy, Governance, Public Administration, Sociology, Social Theory, Sociobiology, Public Finances, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: Georgia; cover real poverty; minimum income standard; political weapons
Summary/Abstract: This analysis examines the growing disconnect between official subsistence figures in Georgia and the lived economic reality of its citizens. By comparing the current 2003-based methodology with the British "Minimum Income Standard" (MIS), this paper argues that the state’s reliance on a "biological survival" model serves as a political tool to mask deep-seated poverty. The findings suggest that a transition to modern, social-inclusion-based metrics would likely reveal a poverty rate of 60%, tripling current official estimates.
Journal: ПУБЛИЧНИ ПОЛИТИКИ.bg
- Issue Year: 17/2026
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 107-111
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English
