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22-Jul-2009
The UK financial market has been severely affected by the recent financial crisis. This paper reviews the supervisory and regulatory framework and the many reforms that have already been adopted to remedy these weaknesses.
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20-Apr-2009
Estonia swiftly established a modern market economy. Today, the country is considered to have one of the most open and competitive economies in the world. The dynamism of the business environment is reflected in higher rates of firm and job creation than in other European emerging market economies, as well as in large foreign direct investment inflows. Estonia is particularly well regarded in ICT network readiness and well-functioning e-government.
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16-Apr-2009
New Zealand’s living standards remain well below the OECD average, a situation attributable to low productivity, which in turn is related to economic geography as well as structural policy factors.
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24-Feb-2009
The OECD has issued revised product market regulation indicators to measure how far rules and laws promote or inhibit competition. The indicators cover state control of businesses, legal and administrative barriers to entrepreneurship and obstacles to international trade and investment.
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28-May-2008
This review analyses the challenges of strengthening regulatory governance in Brazil to improve economic growth, with appropriate regulatory frameworks for core infrastructure sectors. The debate on a market-based economy has now entered a new phase in Brazil, addressing the broader context of quality regulation and the reduction of regulatory risk. The improved macroeconomic situation and the progress made by the sectoral regulatory agencies have paid off, and there is also wider social participation in the improvement of the regulatory framework with a stronger consumer engagement.
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19-Mar-2007
This publication assesses progress since 2000 and analyses many of the lessons of implementation of regulatory reform.
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07-Sep-2005
China needs to make wide-ranging changes in the way it runs its public and private sectors if it is to continue on a stable growth path leading to full integration into the world economy, according to a new report from the OECD.
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22-Jun-2005
This meeting took place on 10-11 January 2005 in London and focused on the institutional design and governance issues raised when setting up or modernising sectoral regulators. From a public governance perspective, regulatory authorities are granted significant regulatory powers, with a certain level of independence in decision making. Independent regulators are being established in different administrative cultures, under various constitutional constraints, with different ways of delegating regulatory powers at arms' length from government.
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16-Jun-2003
This new report looks at a set of tools and practices commonly used by governments to make administrative regulations simpler and less burdensome to comply with.
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16-Jun-2003
Abundant energy resources and skilful macro-economic management has made Norway one of the wealthiest countries in the world. To maintain that high standard of living in the future, Norway should take steps to reform its large public sector, concludes an OECD report.
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