A set of publications includes input papers and policy briefs relevant to improving rural policy development in Georgia. The papers aim at practitioners and policymakers in Georgia and provide conceptual insights, analysis and ideas deemed relevant to rural policy development and engagement.

• Women in rural businesses - The paper outlines some of the key considerations for the programs aiming at promoting women in rural business.
• Rural youth and business start-ups – The policy brief provides results of two true random sampled surveys conducted across eight target municipalities of the IRDG project.
• The Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural businesses – The paper outlines the results of a survey, commissioned to assess the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on businesses in rural areas in eight target municipalities of the IRDG project.
• Growth of rural towns in Georgia: New centers of gravity – The policy brief attempts to answer the question of how Georgian rural towns can become centers of gravity either alone or through cooperation with other municipalities.
• Raison d’être of rural development – The paper outlines the overarching purpose of rural development.
• Policy interventions to respond to the economic impact of COVID-19 in rural Georgia -  Based on two potential scenarios in fighting COVID-19, this paper outlines the expected economic cost to the non-agricultural sector in rural areas of Georgia.

The publications were prepared with the assistance from the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) under the EU Neighbourhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development (ENPARD).