IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/jes/eurint/y2026v17p135-158.html

The analysis of Georgia's participation in Global Value Chains

Author

Listed:
  • Lela Jamagidze

    (Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia)

  • Eka Lekashvili

    (Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia)

Abstract

The paper aims to study Georgia's positions in global value chains (GVCs), which represents a connecting channel to international markets and sources of productivity improvement. It analyzes backward and forward linkages and value-added trade to identify the main determinants of GVC integration. The structural gravity model for exported value-added is applied to the panel of 26 countries over 1997-2022, incorporating standard gravity components and additional policy-related and sector-specific regressors. The results show that Georgia's overall position in GVCs is weak and is under the influence of short-term factors rather than deep integration forces. The analysis of the determinants of value-added trade has demonstrated that larger GDP and the quality of human capital are powerful drivers of Georgia's participation in GVCs. The findings suggest that Georgia's priorities should involve industrial policies targeted at high value-added creation, investments in skills development and industrial upgrading for enhanced GVC integration.

Suggested Citation

  • Lela Jamagidze & Eka Lekashvili, 2026. "The analysis of Georgia's participation in Global Value Chains," EURINT, Centre for European Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, vol. 17, pages 135-158, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:jes:eurint:y:2026:v:17:p:135-158
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47743/ejes-2026-0106
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://ejes.uaic.ro/articles/EJES2026_1701_06_JAM.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/https://doi.org/10.47743/ejes-2026-0106?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:jes:eurint:y:2026:v:17:p:135-158. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Alupului Ciprian (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/csjesro.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.