This policy note describes the state oftransport and logistics in Georgia, carries out a needsassessment and identifies the main areas forimprovements.The purpose of this policy note is to develop acommon understanding between the Government of Georgia (GoG)and its partners of the institutional and physicalchallenges which face the transport and logistics sector,and of a strategy for meeting these challenges in themedium-term. The policy note identifies the key strategicdirections and actions which will enable the sector to growand improve. It intends to help the Bank and the developmentpartners to engage with the GoG in dialogue on the criticalbottlenecks and to provide the Government with advice basedon the Bank’s international experience. The strategicdirections outlined in this policy note requireinstitutional reforms. This is inevitably a long termprocess but one which will gradually improve Georgia’sLogistics Performance Index ranking and its trade and competiveness.