Competitiveness
This section feature research, opinion and progress reports on how the Czech Republic compares to other EU countries economically. It includes analysis of international rankings such as the WEF and World Bank.
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Prague Declaration for Habitat III Europe Regional Meeting
We, the National Government delegations from the Member States of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) region, as well as relevant stakeholders, including local and regional authorities, intergovernmental organizations, United Nations agencies, professionals and academia, the private sector, civil society, men, women, children, youth and other participants of the Habitat III Regional Meeting European Habitat held in Prague on 16-18 March, 2016...
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Czech Rep largely compliant with OECD tax transparency standard, improvements needed | Czechs do not like tax evasion by corporations, see inequality in possibility to circumvent, determine (tax) rules - study
OECD data show the Czech Republic is „largely compliant“ with the international standard for exchange of information on request and transparency objectives of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes. Improvements should be made in the areas of availability of information on ownership, access to information/access powers, and exchange of information/rights and safeguards, for example. According to a survey conducted by the Median agency for the Glopolis think-tank, almost 60% of Czech respondents think that it is big corporations who is responsible for the greatest part of tax evasion in the Czech Republic.
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Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2016: Czech VŠB-Technical university of Ostrava among top universities
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2016 placed VŠB-technical university of Ostrava among top universities. High quality of education, research and technical equipment (supercomputer) are among the reasons for the success of the university. The university is the only Czech university in the ranking. Also, Czechs consider Czech science to be world-class, CVVM agency informed.
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