RE: Georgia in the background23 Sep 2019 06:45
I was in Tbilisi last week too and this is a pretty bad representation. There is very little 'grinding poverty'. It is a developing country and there is disrepair in the old town because of the age of the buildings and cost of restoration but there has been quite a lot of progress since the last time I was there and has great HDI/democracy/transparency and freedom of business ratings. I'd say it compares favourably with most soviet republics. Streaks ahead of the Central Asia/Caspian and Black Sea region and worse than the Baltic states.