Temur Basilia

Temur Basilia is co-founder of the CASE - Transcaucasus in Tbilisi (Georgia) and CASE's expert. He graduated from the Tbilisi State University  with diploma in economics (MSc) in 1979.

In years 1997 - 2004 Temur Basilia held the following positions at the Office of President of Georgia: Principal Adviser to the President of Georgia on Economic Issues;  Head of the committee in charge of preparation of Georgia's Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Program; Secretary of the Foreign Investment Advisory Council; Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Center for Enterprise Restructuring and Management Assistance (CERMA); Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Georgian Social Investment Fund. Formerly he was appointed as Vice-Prime Minister of Georgia in charge of Economic Reforms and Cooperation with International Financial Organizations (1994 - 1996). He was also a Chairman of the Financial and Budgetary Committee of the Parliament of Georgia  and member of Sakrebulo (Local Legislative Body).

Publications:

• "Eurasian Commentary", Russian-Eurasian Renaissance? US Trade and Investment in Russia and Eurasia (2003), edited by J.H. Kalicki and E.K. Lawson, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Stanford Business Books;
• Basilia T, Silagadze A, Chikvaidze T (2001) Post-Socialist Transformation: Georgian economy in the beginning of XXI century, Tbilisi, Georgia
• Georgia and international community (2002) Tbilisi, Georgia
• Basilia T, Begiashvili G (1998) First results of reform, Tbilisi, Georgia