The study examines issues related to national competitiveness and balanced development. It identifies the principal difficulties and challenges of economic development in post-communist countries. Indicators of balanced national development are formulated, and the main pathways for enhancing the competitiveness of Georgia’s economy are analyzed.

The book is intended for professors, master’s students, and doctoral candidates in higher education institutions with an economic profile, as well as for a broader readership interested in the evolutionary development of Georgia’s economy.