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Item Frontier technologies as the main driver of the post-COVID economy(Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Press, 2023) Aslamazishvili, NanaNeedless to say, that today COVID-19 has become a turning point in almost in all spheres of human activity. At the same time, he “warned” our society that the era of “relaxation” has passed and if it wants stability, it must be constantly ready for new various kind of crisis. And the latter, most likely, implies less familiar scenarios. Many economists agreed, that the problems we will face in the next decade will simply be more extreme versions of those that we already confront today. In order for the “different” world to become better than the former one, many problems must be fundamentally discussed and evaluated, and therefore immediately resolved. One of these problems, which is critical for our economy, is the implementation, adaptation and use of frontier technologies. Indeed, in 2015, when the world signed up to the most ambitious agenda ever agreed – the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – frontier technologies was heralded as a key means of implementation for their achievement. In the paper, we analyzed the index of readiness for frontier technologies published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), which aims to study the level of diffusion of frontier technologies in the world and show countries that without moving in this direction, it is impossible to achieve sustainable development goals, or overcome the post-Covid challenges. We focused on comparing the data of Georgia with the similar data of the Eastern Partnership countries, on the one hand, and with the Baltic countries and Poland, on the other hand. Data analysis revealed that the level of implementation, adapting and use of frontier technologies in the Eastern Partnership countries, including Georgia, does not stand up to criticism, cannot influence the development of these countries, and it is likely that the current level and development trends of these economies in largely illusory. By delaying the solution of the mentioned problem, the existing backwardness is aggravated and the most important resource – human capital – is lost and disappears. The fact that this trend has been irreversible for more than three decades (since the 90s of the last century) shows that the problem is catastrophically critical and it will take decades to achieve desirable results. Thus, it is very important to timely and multifaceted policy focus, along with other priority measures of the post-Covid period, on improving the overall index of readiness for frontier technologies of the national economy and its components. And for this, it is necessary to develop ambitious reconstruction plans and implement them in a number of directions in order to overcome the challenges of the post-Covid period.Item Pandemic and statistical perspectives of rethinking supply chains strategies(Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Press, 2022) Aslamazishvili, NanaThe pandemic, as expected, posed serious problems not only to the global economy as a whole, but also to such a global phenomenon as supply chains. Repeated lockdowns have halted and weakened the flow of raw materials and finished products around the world, which has dealt a serious blow to the normal development of manufacturing processes. Although international statistics are well acquainted with the methods of statistical study and analysis of these processes, this area of statistics in Georgia is still in its infancy. We are talking about Input-Output Statistics as a model of interdependence of different sectors and industries and an important tool of macroeconomic analysis. The importance of this field of statistics is also indicated by the wide scale of internationalization of Input-Output Statistics worldwide, in particular, the development of inter-country and multiregional Input-Output Tables (IOT) and the use of relevant databases for economic analysis and forecasting, which is impossible in the traditional macroeconomic statistics framework. In addition, for Georgia, as for an import-dependent country, it is extremely important to determine and analyze the degree of import content of production and exports. This is possible within the framework of global supply chain models, the important tool of which is the world input-output databases and our country's participation in them. It should be noted also, that since the methodological and practical issues of developing IOT in Georgia are poorly studied at the scientific level, there is practically no in-depth transfer of this knowledge to students, which is vital for detailed study and monitoring of structural changes in the national economy, assessment of the development policy, and development of the right economic strategy. Thus, the lack of Input-Output Statistics in Georgia is problematic in many areas. Its development will be a significant contribution to the strengthening of the capacity of the National Statistical System, and to implementation of IOT production by Geostat. In addition, the results of the study will become an important turning point for Geostat to establish a new level of cooperation with Europe in the field of statistics through integration into the world IOT databases. Theoretical and methodological aspects of the appropriate research will significantly enhance the teaching of disciplines such as macroeconomic statistics, external sector statistics, and the system of national accounts in higher education institutions of economic profile. Academics will receive significant theoretical and informational support for in-depth economic research. Ministries and agencies with an economic profile will have the opportunity to be guided by scientifically substantiated, transparent, and internationally compliant statistical information in the process of designing development policies and researching the structural conformity of the economy. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of Input-Output Statistics from a supply chain phenomenon research perspective and to focus on some of the international experience in this area.