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Environmental taxes: Key findings for the Czech Republic

This country note provides an environmental tax and carbon pricing profile for the Czech Republic. It shows environmentally related tax revenues, taxes on energy use and effective carbon rates.

When size matters: scaling up delivery of Czech local services

A key argument for small local governments is that they can better deliver the services that their residents want and need. A key question is: what size is too small? When is the average cost of services too high, the range of choice too narrow or expertise spread too thinly across the country?

Leveraging R&D and innovation policies to foster productivity in Czech Republic

Productivity catch-up along with deeper integration into the global economy played a central role in the convergence of the Czech incomes toward OECD countries before the 2008 financial crisis.

Database on instruments used for environmental policy

This database provides information on environmentally related taxes, fees and charges, tradable permit systems, deposit refund systems, environmentally motivated subsidies and voluntary approaches used in environmental policy in OECD member countries and a number of other countries. Developed in co-operation between the OECD and the European Environment Agency.

Czech Republic Policy Brief: Strengthening Skills Development at the Local Level

Skills and education are particularly important for success in the Czech Republic, with a larger than average impact of education on employment and wages.

Czech Republic Policy Brief: Improving Access to Finance for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)

Czech SMEs are too dependent on bank financing. A more diversified set of financing options would strengthen SMEs and decrease their vulnerability to business cycle fluctuations and the credit environment.

Education at a Glance 2015: Czech Republic

The 2015 edition introduces more detailed analysis of participation in early childhood and tertiary levels of education. The report also examines first generation tertiary-educated adults’ educational and social mobility, labour market outcomes for recent graduates, and participation in employer-sponsored formal and/or non-formal education.

Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes Peer Reviews: Czech Republic 2015 - Phase 2: Implementation of the Standard in Practice

Renforcer l'utilisation des compétences et faciliter le passage de l'école à la vie active dans la République Tchèque

Le système éducatif a réagi lentement aux changements des besoins du marché du travail, ce qui a conduit à une augmentation du nombre de jeunes quittant l'enseignement sans qualification suffisante. En outre, la baisse des résultats PISA et la proportion croissante d’élèves avec une faible performance soulèvent des inquiétudes quant à la qualité de la main-d'œuvre future.

Informations clés sur les migrations en République tchèque 2014

Après trois années de recul régulier, l’immigration vers la République tchèque s’est redressée en 2012, le nombre total d’immigrés atteignant plus de 30 000 personnes, soit une progression annuelle d’environ 34 %.