Vladimer Papava

Vladimer Papava
Born (1955-03-25) March 25, 1955 (age 69)
Tbilisi, Georgia
Academic career
Field
  • Economics of Post-Communist Transformation, Economic Growth and Development
Institutions
Academician-Secretary of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences

28th Rector, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (2013-2016)
Minister of Economy, Republic of Georgia (1994-2000) at present Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development (Georgia)

Alma materIvane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Awards
  • Ivane Javakhishvili Medal (2022)

  • Philippe Gogichaishvili Prize of the National Academy of Sciences of Georgia (2008)

  • State Prize of Georgia in Science and Technology (2004)

Vladimer Papava (Georgian: ვლადიმერ პაპავა) (born March 25, 1955) is an Academician-Secretary of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences, a professor of economics at the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, the former Rector of the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (August 16, 2013 – April 20, 2016), and the former Minister of Economy of Georgia (June 1994 – May 2000).

Life and career

Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, Papava graduated Tbilisi State University (with a specialization in Economic Cybernetics) in 1977. He received his Candidate of Science degree in Economics (PhD) from the Central Economic Mathematical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, in 1982, and his Doctor of Science degree in economics from Tbilisi State University in 1989 and Leningrad State University in 1990. In 2005-2006 he was a visiting scholar at the Central Asia–Caucasus Institute at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of more than 400 publications. In 2013 He was elected on the position of the Rector of the main university of Georgia – Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University.

Contributions to Economics

Papava is an author of the Semi-Productive Matrix Approach for Input-Output Models [1] the Theory of the Economic Ability of the Government and Egalitarian Goods,[2] the Model of an ‘Economy Without Taxes,’[3] the Theory of Laffer-Keynesian Synthesis,[4] the Theory of the ‘Shadow Political Economy’ [5] (with Nodar Khaduri), the Indexes of Tax Corruption, the Method of the ‘Social Promotion’ for Post-Communist Transition to Market Economy,[6] the Doctrine of Market Equality and Its Application to the Process of Post- Communist Transformation,[7] the Theory of ‘Necroeconomics – the Political Economy of Post-Communist Capitalism,’ [8] measurement of catch-up effect in economic growth,[9] and ‘Retroeconomics – the Theory of Moving from Dying to Brisk Economy.[10]’

Contributions to Geopolitics

Vladimer Papava (with Eldar Ismailov) elaborated the geopolitical Concept of the Central Caucasus.[11] He also is an author of the geopolitical Concept of the Central Caucaso-Asia.[12]

Other Activities

Papava is a Member of the Editorial Boards of the Problems of Economic Transition (USA),[13] Central Asia and the Caucasus (Sweden), Journal of World Economic Research (USA), European Journal of Economic Studies (Slovak Republic),[14] Transformations (Poland), Economy of Ukraine (Ukraine),[15] Society and Economy (Russia),[16] Finance: Theory and Practice (Russia) [17] and Bulletin of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences (Georgia).[18] In 1992-2005 he was the Chief-Editor of the Proceedings of the Georgian Academy of Sciences – Economic Series.

From 1997 Papava has been a Corresponding Member of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences and an Active Member – Academician since 2013.[19] He is an Active Member of the International Academy of Sciences, Education, Industry and Arts (CA, USA), an Active Member of the New York Academy of Sciences (NY, USA),[20] an Active Member of the International Informatization Academy (UN),[21] a Member of the International Research Institute for Economics and Management (Hong Kong; Denver, USA),[22] an Eminent Fellow Member of the Scholars Academic and Scientific Society (India) [23] and other international societies and associations. In 2008-2010 he was the Deputy Chairman of the Scientific Committee for Economics and Law of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences; from 2010 he has been the Chairman of the Scientific Committee for Economics of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences; in 2007-2010 he was a Member of the CASE (Center for Social and Economic Research) Advisory Council (Warsaw, Poland) [24] and a Member of the International Scientific Council of the International Institute for Social Development (Moscow, Russia). He is also a member of the Tbilisi-based think-tank Rondeli Foundation – Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies.[25]

In 2008 Vladimer Papava was awarded the Philippe Gogichaishvili Prize of the National Academy of Sciences of Georgia for the book – Necroeconomics: The Political Economy of Post-Communist Capitalism. New York, iUniverse, 2005. In 2004 Vladimer Papava together with a group of Georgian economists was awarded the State Prize of Georgia in Science for the Series of Publications – ‘The Methods and Models of Macroeconomic Regulations.’

References

  1. ^ Papava, Vladimer. "Эффективность общественного производства и межотраслевые модели". ResearchGate. Мецниереба. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  2. ^ Papava, Vladimer (1 January 1993). "A New View of the Economic Ability of the Government, Egalitarian Goods and GNP". International Journal of Social Economics. 20 (8): 56–62. doi:10.1108/03068299310044425. ISSN 0306-8293. S2CID 154176920. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  3. ^ Papava, Vladimer (1 January 2000). "State, public sector and theoretical prerequisites to a model of an "economy without taxes"". International Journal of Social Economics. 27 (1): 45–61. doi:10.1108/03068290010306453. ISSN 0306-8293. S2CID 153830350.
  4. ^ Ananiashvili, Iuri; Papava, Valdimer (2014). Laffer-Keynesian synthesis and macroeconomic equilibrium. New York: Nova Science Pub Inc. ISBN 978-1629486680.
  5. ^ Papava, V.; Khaduri, N. (1 October 1997). "On the Shadow Political Economy of the Post-Communist Transformation: An Institutional Analysis". Problems of Economic Transition. 40 (6): 15–34. doi:10.2753/PET1061-1991400615. ISSN 1061-1991.
  6. ^ Papava, Vladimer (1 June 1996). "The Georgian economy: From 'shock therapy' to 'social promotion'". Communist Economies and Economic Transformation. 8 (2): 251–267. doi:10.1080/14631379608427856. ISSN 1351-4393.
  7. ^ Papava, Vladimer (2004). "The Doctrine of Market Equality : Questions of Theory and Its Application to the Process of Postcommunist Transformation". Problems of Economic Transition. 47 (8): 6–28. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  8. ^ Papava, Vladimer (2005). Necroeconomics : the political economy of post-communist capitalism (lessons from Georgia). New York, NY: iUniverse, Inc. ISBN 978-0595349159.
  9. ^ Papava, Vladimer (15 September 2018). "Catching Up and Catch-Up Effect: Economic Growth in Post-Communist Europe (Lessons from the European Union and the Eastern Partnership States)" (PDF). European Journal of Economic Studies. 7 (2). doi:10.13187/es.2018.7.109. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  10. ^ Papava, Vladimer (6 September 2017). "Retroeconomics – Moving from Dying to Brisk Economy". Journal of Reviews on Global Economics. 6: 455–462. doi:10.6000/1929-7092.2017.06.46. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  11. ^ Ismailov, Eldar; Papava, Valdimer (2008). The Central Caucasus : problems of geopolitical economy. New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. ISBN 978-1604566062.
  12. ^ Ismailov, Eldar; Papava, Vladimer (2010). Rethinking Central Eurasia (PDF). Washington, DC. ISBN 9789185937776.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  13. ^ "Problems of Economic Transition Editorial Board". www.tandfonline.com. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  14. ^ "Editorial Board". ejournal2.com. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  15. ^ "Економіка України Editorial Board". economyukr.org.ua. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  16. ^ "Журнал "Общество и экономика"". inecon.org. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  17. ^ "Редакционная коллегия". financetp.fa.ru. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  18. ^ "Bulletin of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences, Tbilisi". science.org.ge. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  19. ^ "Papava Vladimer". საქართველოს მეცნიერებათა ეროვნული აკადემია. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  20. ^ "New York Academy of Sciences". www.nyas.org. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  21. ^ "International Informatization Academy". www.iia.ca. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  22. ^ "International Research Institute for Economics and Management". www.iriem.org. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  23. ^ "Scholars Academic and Scientific Society". www.sassociety.com. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  24. ^ "About Case". www.case-research.eu. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  25. ^ "Team". GFSIS. Retrieved 4 April 2021.