The Party for the Economic Development of Abkhazia (Abkhaz: Аԥсны аекономика арҿиара апартиа; Georgian: აფხაზეთის ეკონომიკური განვითარების პარტია, romanized: apkhazetis ek'onomik'uri ganvitarebis p'art'ia; Russian: Партия экономического развития Абхазии) is an opposition party in Abkhazia led by businessman Beslan Butba.
The Political Council consisted of Butba, Beslan Kvarchia, Georgi Basaria, Leonid Osia, Aslan Bartsyts, Irina Tkacheva, former Agriculture Minister Jamal Eshba, Irma Jgenaria, Abkhazian State University lecturers Beslan Baratelia and Batal Khagush, People's Artist Nurbei Kamkia, Ilia Gamasonia, Ekho Abkhazii journalist Vitali Sharia and Aleksandr Neproshin.
[4] The Party financed the repair of the library in Chlou, native village of the writer Bagrat Shinkuba, which was reopened on 26 April.
[8] At its fifth congress on 21 July 2011, party leader Butba expressed his support for Sergei Shamba in the upcoming Presidential election.
[12] On 29 February 2016, the PEDA became a founding member of the Council for the National Unity of the Republic of Abkhazia, uniting political forces that were neither pro-government nor pro-opposition.