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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15th October 2015 / Competitiveness / Macroeconomic Indicators, Economic Growth

Competitiveness: Foreigners in the Czech Republic: babies, students, entrepreneurs, expats, migrants (updated)

There are 460,000 foreigners living in the Czech Republic (data as of mid-2015). The proportion of foreigners among new-born babies in the Czech Republic has been steadily rising as it was 1.4 percent 10 years ago, while the figure rose to over 3 percent by last year, according to the data publish...

14th October 2015 / Competitiveness / Technology, R&D and Innovation

Competitiveness: Prague Post: Changing Czech Housework Services Market: The LidskáSíla.cz Start-up

‘Even though cleaning is a 21st-century service available to most households, almost everything about it is wrong – from transparency to trust, quality, prompt delivery and even simplicity,’ says the founder of the start-up Robert Vojáček in an interview for Prague Post. Now all you have to do is ...

14th October 2015 / Competitiveness / Social Responsibility

Competitiveness: OECD How's life? report: Volunteering makes 2% of GDP per year

On 13 October, OECD published their How's life report measuring well-being in the member states and partner countries, capturing both material well-being (such as income, jobs and housing) and the broader quality of people’s lives (such as their health, education, work-life balance, environment, s...