Finance Minister Khutsishvili holds talks with World Bank delegation on economic growth and poverty reduction

Georgian Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili met a high-level World Bank delegation to review joint analytical work, technical assistance programmes, and structural economic reforms in Georgia, the Ministry of Finance press service reported on Monday.

The delegation included Abebe Adugna, World Bank Regional Director for Prosperity in Europe and Central Asia, and Rolande Pryce, World Bank Regional Director for the South Caucasus.

Discussions centred on ongoing and upcoming World Bank technical assistance, focusing on analytical work to drive sustainable GDP growth, labour market expansion, and poverty reduction.

“The meeting reviewed current macroeconomic and fiscal policy trends in Georgia, alongside the impact of recent structural reforms on long-term economic resilience,” the Ministry of Finance statement read.

The Georgian delegation also included Deputy Minister of Finance Ekaterine Guntsadze and Acting Head of the Macroeconomic Analysis and Fiscal Policy Planning Department Nino Mikeladze.