Economic policy
This section reports on economic policy initiatives of the Czech government, the EU, and other entities that have a direct impact on the competitiveness of the country. It also includes information on economic priorities of the AmCham and other leading associations.
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PwC's Peter Chrenko: "Willingness to change the law substantially won't cumulate twice."
If the Ministry of Finance intends to draft a new income tax act, the question is, whether the ambition behind is pure legislative perfectionism or the overall tax policy would be reviewed and revised, too, says Peter Chrenko, Partner, PwC Czech Republic in an interview on evidence-based tax policy as well as BEPS/ATAD projects. Read details inside. Uvnitř rozhovor i v českém jazyce.
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Trade SIA on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and the USA
Ecorys drafted a report, Sustainability Impact Assessment, that contains the overall economic, social, human rights and environmental impacts analyses. Also the first steps (i.e. the baseline and an overview of the market access issues) of the in-depth sector studies are included in the report.
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WHO World Health Statistics: Monitoring Health for the SDGs. Czech Republic: Healthy life expectancy at birth is 69.4 years
Published every year since 2005, WHO’s “World Health Statistics” is the source of information on the health of the world’s people. It contains data from 194 countries on a range of mortality, disease and health system indicators, including life expectancy, illness and death from key diseases, health services and treatments, financial investment in health, and risk factors and behaviours that affect health. As for the Czech Republic, the 2016 WHO report shows...
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