The feasibility analysis involved budgetary analysis of the Agency of Protected Areas, assessment likely increase in operational costs of project components, assessment of tourist potential and service delivery potential for the areas.

Our research aimed to support the development of a new GTZ program by providing an evaluation of the operation of municipal government and local civil society organisations in the three countries of the South Caucasus.

We highlighted four main domains where action could be most clearly directed in order to achieve CARE’s goal of alleviation of economic need and the enhancement of social justice and security amongst poorest rural communities.

At the post-war donors conference approximately USD 3 billion of the USD 4.8 billion (at current exchange rates) total pledge took the form of loans. Half of the loan was pledged to the government and the other half was allocated to help support private companies. This policy paper provides a general overview of loan component of the pledge.

This research looked at whether mobile banking system is feasible in Georgia and if it is, if it could be used to facilitate the transfer of international remittances. Using mobile banking for international remittances requires two different elements and this research project was structured to investigate both.

The National Human Development Report is UNDP’s flagship research document. Undertaken every 3-4 years it examines a particular element of a country from the point of view of Human Development. Dr George Welton wrote this report, in consultation with UNDP experts, on a wide range of the the Georgian Government’s post-Rose Revolution Reforms.

In 2007 and 2008 Dr Welton worked with Platinum Real Estate, a property company based in St Petersburg to a detailed business plan and feasibility analysis of the possibility of developing student accommodation in the suburbs of Petersburg.

This paper examined whether trade between Georgia’s region of Samtskhe-Javakheti and the neighbouring Armenian region of Shirak could significantly facilitate economic development.

This report presented an overview of the Georgian economy, state of governance and sociopolitical climate in December 2007 in advance of a Strategic Planning Mid-Term Review for CARE International in Caucasus.

In 2007 Dr Welton worked for Sun Capital Partners in Georgia, a large UK-based venture capital firm, undertaking investment analysis.