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This study of the education system of the Czech Republic is part of the handbook "The education systems of Europe" which presents an analytical description of the education systems of all European countries, following common guidelines. The study begins with the historical and socio-cultural background of the Czech educational system which is followed by the description of the organizational and administrative context of the current education system. The next step is the functioning of the current education system, beginning with a structural overview and followed by an analysis of the different levels of the education system, including, as a separate chapter, post-secondary and tertiary education. The country study ends with an analysis of current problems and opens perspectives for further development. A diagram illustrating the structural scheme of the Czech educational system is part of this article. (DIPF/Orig./Kie.).

The Judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Slovenia v. Croatia marks the anticlimax of a long-running territorial dispute. It is also only the sixth time the CJEU has issued a judgment in a case instituted by one European Union member against another. Among these cases, it is the first to consider an arbitral award in a dispute between members, the first to consider a boundary dispute between members, and the first to be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. The Court found that it cannot rule on alleged infringements of European Union law when these arise from the breach of a treaty falling outside of the Union's subject-matter competence. Most directly, the Judgment may pose significant consequences for European Union internal affairs in the near term, such as Croatia's ambitions to join the Schengen Area and the Eurozone. More broadly, several of the Court's findings will be relevant beyond the European legal order, particular those concerning the meaning and effect of "ancillary" legal questions, and the bilateral or multilateral character of a dispute involving admission to an international organization.

Cover -- CONTENTS -- CONTEXT -- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS -- OUTLOOK AND RISKS -- POLICY DISCUSSION -- A. Structural Reforms: Lifting Productivity -- B. Fiscal Policy: Increasing Efficiency to Invest in Priority Areas -- C. Financial Sector: Ensuring Stability -- STAFF APPRAISAL -- BOXES -- 1. Low Female Labor Force Participation and Employment in Slovak Republic: The Role of Childcare and Parental Leave Policies -- 2. Potential Productivity Gains from Strengthening Institutions and Reducing Skill Mismatch -- 3. Domestic Revenue Mobilization: Achievements, Policy Efforts and Priorities -- FIGURES -- 1. Output Gap and External Position -- 2. Challenges to Productivity and Growth -- 3. Real Sector Developments -- 4. Credit Developments -- 5. External Sector Competitiveness -- 6. Key Labor Market Challenges -- 7. Fiscal Deficit and Public Debt, 2015-23 -- 8. Household and Private Sector Indebtedness -- 9. Tax Subsidies for Home Ownership -- TABLES -- 1. Summary of Economic Indicators, 2015-23 -- 2. Statement of Operations of the General Government, 2015-23 -- 3. Balance of Payments, 2015-23 -- 4. External Sector Assessment -- 5. Risk Assessment Matrix -- 6. Financial Soundness Indicators, 2011-17 -- ANNEX -- I. Public Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) -- CONTENTS -- FUND RELATIONS -- STATISTICAL ISSUES.

Cover -- CONTENTS -- BACKGROUND -- RECENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS, OUTLOOK, AND RISKS -- POLICY DISCUSSIONS -- A. Cementing Macroeconomic and Financial Sector Stability -- B. Creating Fiscal Space for Development Needs -- C. Removing Obstacles to Private-Sector-Led Growth -- STAFF APPRAISAL -- BOX -- 1. Challenges and Reform Priorities for Respect of the Rule of Law -- FIGURES -- 1. Economic Setting, 2008-18 -- 2. Recent Economic Developments -- 3. Revenue and Expenditure Reform Priorities -- 4. Constraints to Financial Deepening and Inclusion -- TABLES -- 1. Selected Social and Economic Indicators, 2016-24 -- 2. National Accounts, 2015-24 -- 3. Balance of Payments, 2016-24 -- 4. NBKR Accounts, 2016-19 -- 5. Monetary Survey, 2016-19 -- 6. State Government Finances, 2016-24 (In millions of soms) -- 7. State Government Finances, 2016-24 (In percent of GDP) -- 8. General Government Finances, 2016-24 (In millions of soms) -- 9. General Government Finances, 2016-24 (In percent of GDP) -- 10. Selected Financial Soundness Indicators, 2016-18 -- 11. Inclusive Growth Indicators -- ANNEXES -- I. Implementation of 2017 Article IV Consultation's Key Recommendations -- II. External Sector Assessment -- III. Risk Assessment Matrix -- IV. Preliminary Costing of Achieving Selected Sustainable Development Goals -- V. Benefits of Financial Inclusion of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME) in the Kyrgyz Republic -- CONTENTS -- RELATIONS WITH THE FUND -- RELATIONS WITH OTHER INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY THE FUND -- STATISTICAL ISSUES.

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