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Practice Areas
Tax Revenue Enhancement

Anti-Corruption Initiatives

Dates
1998

AIMD was chosen to work as a subcontractor on The Georgia Enterprise Growth Initiative (GEGI). The project was funded by The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and utilizes BearingPoint as a primary contract holder. The American Association of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE), an AIMD member, identified experts from The Tobacco Merchants Society who supplied advice and guidance to Georgia on Tax Revenue Enhancement and Anti-Corruption initiatives.

The central purpose of these initiatives is to increase excise tax revenues for the Georgian government without negatively affecting the competitive forces within the petroleum, alcohol, and tobacco industries, for both domestic and foreign manufacturers alike. It is recognized that a clear lack of respect for the rule of law negatively impacts the nature of competition in Georgia and that reestablishing a solid basis for honest and equitable capitalism is essential to the longer-term well being of the economy.

GEGI’s mission is to work with The Republic of Georgia’s private sector, business associations, and other concerned civil society organizations to identify specific barriers to enterprise growth and help effect reforms that will improve the business environment in The Republic of Georgia and, thus, promote economic growth. President of TMA, Farrell Delman notes, “GEGI is one exciting initiative, with all sorts of possibilities and the business community appears to have warmly embraced this GEGI initiative.”

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