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Economic Policy: WTO reached first global trade deal
The World Trade Organization reached deal that could add $1 trillion to the global economy and create more than 20 million jobs, 18 million of them in developing nations. Deal marked end of 12 years of fruitless negotiations. The deal would lower trade barriers and speed up the passage of goods thr...
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Google+Competitiveness: America’s take on the TTIP
These negotiations are good news: the two sides of the Atlantic both stand to gain from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. The new agreement can stimulate growth and create employment – developments needed sorely by the United States and Europe alike. On February 13, 2013, EU Commi...
Good Governance: First private members’ bills proposed in the newly elected Chamber of Deputies
First Documents of the Chamber (sněmovní tisky) have arrived in the Chamber of Deputies. Among others, several private members’ bills have already occurred. Members of the TOP09 parliamentary party group have proposed a Constitutional Bill on Fiscal Responsibility (zákon o fiskální odpovědnost, also...
Politics: Ukraine protests over EU deal
Rallies against President Viktor Yanukovych's refusal to sign an EU association agreement started at beginning of last week in Ukraine. Protests are supported by top opposition leaders. Further, three of them called for resignation of the president. In Kiev about 10,000 demonstrators took to Indepe...
Politics: U.S. Afghan troops might face zero option
United States might have to dismantle the bulk of its counterterrorism infrastructure in the region and abandon Afghanistan’s security forces completely. A wholesale withdrawal would also shut down the foreign-aid pipeline for the Afghan state and sharply limit any enduring U.S. diplomatic presence...
Strategic Directions for Czech Economic Policy
- Transition to High-Tech Manufacturing and Exports
- The City Campus as Idea Factory
- Government Programs and Processes That Drive Innovation
- Government as a Competitive Advantage, including Digitization
Advocacy Priorities for 2023
Technology, People, Infrastructure
Actions Recommended in Areas:
1. Establishing Policy Objectives for Research.
2. Research Investment and Cooperation. Big Bets (Key Technology Projects).
3. Establishing Databases for Tracking Public Policy Outcomes.
4. Public Procurement as an Innovation Tool.
5. Immigration of STEM Talents.
6. Digitization of Immigration.
7. Adult Reskilling and Upskilling.
8. Digitization of Land Use.
9. Infrastructure Development, including Technology Parks.
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