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Municipalities in the Czech Republic manage 23.9% of the total public expenditure (approximately 10% of the GDP), with approximately half of these funds redistributed through public procurement. This is a very significant amount of public resources that should be given due attention.
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Upcoming Events
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Forthcoming study "Cost-benefit analysis of nursery schools in the Czech Republic", 8 March 2016
Forthcoming seminar "Smart Specialization: From Academic Concept to European Policy and Czech Practice", 4 April 2016
Forthcoming study "Supporting Families with Children Through the Tax and Welfare System", 12 May 2016
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July 12, 2016, Author: Jan Švejnar
There are and will be major gyrations in the financial markets until things clear up; depending on the resolution of the Brexit crisis, there may be negative spillovers on economic growth worldwide.
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June 7, 2016 On the importance of educational achievement for economic prosperity, policies fostering school accountability and autonomy, and the role of vocational education. Key note speaker: Professor Ludger Woessmann, University of Munich
SEE OUR VIDEO FROM THE LECTURE!
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Daniel Münich spoke about current unemployment in the Czech Republic in an interview for the English section of the Czech Radio (October 2015)
Jan Švejnar wrote an article about wealth inequality and economic growth (Jun 5, 2015)
IDEA and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung cooperated on a fiscal seminar (Dec 11, 2014)
Vilém Semerák participated in a forum organized by Zlatá Koruna on the topic of Competitiveness (Dec 04, 2014)
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Highlights
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IDEA is proud to announce that Jan Švejnar, the founder and the director of IDEA, won the 2015 IZA Prize for labor economics. The press release is available here.
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