Ir iznākusi Latvijas Zinātņu akadēmijas Gadagrāmata 2020 angļu valodā! Izdevuma mērķis ir iepazīstināt ar Latvijas zinātnieku pētījumiem pasaules zinātniekus un veicināt sadarbību ar ārvalstu institūcijām. Iepazīties ar Gadagrāmatu var Latvijas Zinātņu akadēmijas mājaslapā. Jaunajā izdevumā apkopoti vairāk nekā 40 raksti, tostarp LZA Ekonomikas institūta raksts par sadarbību ar Ķīnas Sociālo zinātņu akadēmiju. Pilns raksts no Gadagrāmatas 2020 par LZA Ekonomikas institūta un Ķīnas Sociālo Zinātņu akadēmijas...
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Latvia external relations briefing: The Government approves Development Cooperation Policy Plan for 2020
On 3 March 2020, the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia approved the Development Cooperation Policy Plan for 2020 drawn up by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The Development Cooperation Policy Plan sets out specific measures for practical implementation of Latvia’s Development Cooperation Policy Guidelines for 2016–2020 to support less developed countries. It regulates the external relations of Latvia with EU Easter Partnership and Central Asia...
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Latvia social briefing: The outbreak of Coronavirus has massively impacted social development of Latvia
Because of the global outbreak of Coronavirus, on the 2nd of March, the first officially confirmed case of the Coronavirus was detected in Latvia. Since the first registered case in March and even prior the government of Latvia has been taking serious virus prevention measures, which have helped to limit the outbreak of the virus. Although by the end of March 2020 there were confirmed only...
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Latvia economy briefing: The strategy of Latvia to overcome the economic crisis of Covid-19
In the last months, the economics of Latvia has been facing various challenges due to the global pandemic. Taking into account the negative impact of Covid-19 on Latvia’s economic growth and the support measures introduced by the Latvian government to reduce the impact of the crisis the report from the Ministry of Finance states that the economics of Latvia could experience approximately 7% reduction of...
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Latvia economy briefing: Latvia’s credit rating upgraded to the historically highest level
In the recent months Latvia’s credit rating was upgraded twice by international credit rating agency S&P Global Rating, in 2019 the credit rating raised from “A- “level to “A” level and for the second time the rating was upgraded to “A+” level therefore reaching historically highest level ever since the Year 1997, when Latvia was first assigned with a credit rating. The improvement of the...
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Weekly briefing: The outbreak of Coronavirus has massively impacted social development of Latvia
The outbreak of Coronavirus has massively impacted social development of Latvia Because of the global outbreak of Coronavirus, on the 2nd of March, the first officially confirmed case of the Coronavirus was detected in Latvia. Since the first registered case in March and even prior the government of Latvia has been taking serious virus prevention measures, which have helped to limit the outbreak of the...
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Latvia political briefing: Priorities of Latvian national development policy for 2021-2027
The National Development Plan of Latvia for the next planning period of 2021-2027 has been developed to identify the largest state budget investments into the development of Latvia and improvement of the quality of life of people over a 7-year period, and has been submitted to Parliament of the Republic of Latvia on March 4, 2020. The document serves as a road map for policy...
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Latvia social briefing: Development of Latvian safety and health issues in February 2020
Latvia plans to create municipal Traffic Safety Index Latvia has one of the biggest number of deaths rates in road traffic accidents in the European Union. [1]Besides the majority of traffic accidents with injured people are registered in populated areas. Although the number of total deaths in road traffic accidents has decreased in the last years, the Ministry of Transport has decided to implement new tools to reduce the...
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Latvia economy briefing: Information and communication sector in Latvia – jump of the decade
The information and communication technology sector have seen a significant upturn and development over the past 10 years. This is confirmed not only by the increasement of companies in the field but also by the produced amount of a variety of innovations in the information and communication technology sector. In recent years, the information and communication sector has seen around 10% growth annually.[1] Over the last...
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Latvia political briefing: LATVIA AS THE CENTER OF THE GLOBAL BUSINESS SERVICES
The Global Business Services sector in Latvia is growing. In 2019, the sector formed around 1.9% of gross domestic product and 2% of total exports.[1] Increasingly, internationally recognized companies choose to centralise the company’s administrative functions in Latvia, replacing it with the performance of functions in each country individually. Global Business Service is developing widely in Latvia – approximately 9,000 jobs places have been created in...
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