Introduction List of countries implementing flat tax reforms has been gradually getting longer over time. Although Hong Kong introduced its flat tax back in 1947, we could not see any similar reforms until 1994, when several transition economies of former Eastern bloc followed. By 2011 there were already 27 countries with flat proportional income taxes.…
Čítať viacBrief description of solved problem: Private operator of cementery Country of origin: USA Type of self-goverment: City Name of self-goverment: Westminster, South Carolina, USA Date of realization: 1996 – until now Detail description of solved problem Cemeteries in Slovakia are in the most cases managed by self-goverment (city), through organizations financed from the budget of…
Čítať viacBrief description of solved problem: Information system for Human resources (type of sollution – decreasing of administrative barrier) Country of origin: Canada Type of self-goverment: City Name of self-goverment: Hamilton, province of Ontario, Canada Date of realization: Since 2005 Detail description of solved problem City Hamiltom employes aproximately 9000 public employers. Hiring system of city…
Čítať viacShort description of the problem: Privatization of library services (Contract management) to increase their quality. Country: USA Type of local government: County Name of local government: Riverside County Years of operations: 1997 – present Detail description of the problem Riverside County had exactly the same problems that cause local authorities everywhere to cut back on…
Čítať viacBrief description of solved problem: Deregulation of traffic Country of origin: Holland Type of self-goverment: City Name of self-goverment: Drachten, Holland (solution is also applied in self goverments in Germany, Denmark, USA, Sweden etc…) Date of realization: currently Detail description of solved problem Every public authority has tendencies to regulate human behaviour by various types…
Čítať viacShort description of the problem: Zoning Country of origin: United States of America Type of municipality: City Municipality name: Houston, Texas Implementation year: ever before (Houston was founded on August 30, 1836) Detailed description of the problem From philosophical point of view, zoning is discriminatory, unfair to some property owners, who can not treat with…
Čítať viac1. Brief Description of the Problem: Construction of a new Geriatric Treatment Center 2. Country: USA 3. Type of local government: City 4. Name of local government: Williamsburg, Virginia 5. Years of implementation: 2006 – 2008 6. Detailed Description of the Problem: Eastern State Hospital was a first state hospital in the United States treating the…
Čítať viacBrief description of the solved problem: Private zoo Country of the origin: USA Type of theself-goverment: City Name of the self-goverment: Pittsburgh, Pensylvania, USA Date of realization: 1994 – current Detail description of solved problem The state and local authorities finance in Slovakia many activities,which is not necessary to finance by this meaning by reason…
Čítať viacShort description of the problem: Outsourcing of the cataloguing function in the libraries to increase quality of the services and to decrease the costs of books cataloguing. Country: USA Type of local government: Town Name of local government: Dayton Years of operations: 1993 – present Detail description of the problem Low quality of library services,…
Čítať viacBrief description of the solved problem: Liquidation of organic trash by private firm Country of the origin: USA Type of theself-goverment: City Name of the self-goverment: San Francisco, California, USA Date of realization: current Detail description of solved problem Any human actvity, economical or other, which requires the valuable resouces is closely connected with the…
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