Dimitar bogov biography
He is an economist with more than 20 years of experience on senior management positions in the government sector, business consultancy, commercial banking and..
Dimitar Bogov is currently the EBRD's Regional Lead Economist for Eastern Europe and Caucasus.
Conflicts persist, but analysts see economic reforms continuing and democracy taking hold in a crossroads region.
The South Caucasus remains one of the most volatile portions of Eurasia. But this mountainous, culturally diverse crossroads region is changing—almost in spite of itself—making its underlying economic assets more visible and attracting the attention of analysts who previously took a dim view of it.
“The region is now in a much better place than it was 10 years ago, even though it remains fractured,” says Laurence Broers, a Caucasus specialist at London’s Chatham House.
While its three countries remain divided, leaning on conflicting alliances—Georgia with the West, Armenia with Russia, Azerbaijan with Turkey—all are becoming more pluralistic and democratic, their economies evolving and maturing as authoritarianism recedes.
“Georgia and Armenia don’t have the resources for sustained authoritarianism; there simply isn’t any alternative to more reform, democracy and fo