POPULATION MIGRATION IN GEORGIA AND ITS SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES
Discussion Paper Series

Tbilisi 1997

 

Editor G.Nodia

Cover Design Mikheil Kochakidze

Editor of the English Version Amy E. Denman

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This publication is supported by the United Nations Development Programme Country Office in Georgia

C o n t e n t s

INTRODUCTION

CHARACTERISTICS OF POPULATION MIGRATION IN GEORGIA BEFORE THE RESTORATION OF INDEPENDENCE
      
A general socio-economic background of migration before the 1990s 
       External migration in Georgia before World War II 
       External migration in Georgia in the 1950-1980s 
       Internal migration in Georgia in the 20th century 
       Socio-economic consequences of migration in Georgia: urbanization, depopulation, national consolidation

POPULATION MIGRATION IN GEORGIA IN THE 1990s
      
A general socio-political background of migrations in modern Georgia and the character of information sources 
       Dynamics of external migration in the 1990s 
       An attempt to assess the balance of external migration 
       The ethnic structure of external migration 
       Migration of Tbilisi’s population according to ethnic groups 
       The age and gender structure of external migrants 
       Migrational attitudes of some ethnic groups 
       Geography of external migration 
       Major peculiarities of contemporary internal migrations within Georgia 
       An attempt to study contemporary migrational trends using sociological techniques

CONCLUSIONS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
REFERENCES



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