This research project was intended to provide an overview of food security in the South Caucasus and also to provide an analysis of the capacity of government, NGOs and the media to engage in public discussions on food security issues.

This paper looks at the main two, internationally financed, reform projects that target budgetary planning and oversight. It also asks whether the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) has succeeded in encouraging longer term policy-planning and whether the reforms to the Chamber of Control has succeeded in providing oversight.