Regulatory Reform: Economic Issues

The OECD reviews and assesses reforms aimed at enhancing economic performance and welfare by increasing competition. This involves comparing policies and regulations across Member countries and analysing the effects of reforms on product and labour market outcomes at the industry and economy-wide levels.

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Improving energy system efficiency in the Czech Republic

31-Jan-2012

A carbon intensive energy system in the Czech Republic contributes to one of the highest ratios of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to GDP in the OECD.

Under shock: How to spread macroeconomic risks more fairly

23-Jan-2012

Macroeconomic crises and shocks often cause large and unforeseen income and employment losses. Such losses tend to be unevenly spread across the population, often with the greatest impact on the poor and most vulnerable sections of society.

Russia: progress in structural reform and framework conditions

02-Jan-2012

In the 16 years since the OECD began conducting Economic Surveys of the Russian Federation, a great many policy recommendations relating to structural reform and framework conditions have been made. This paper, expanding on Annex 1.A1 in the 2011 OECD Economic Survey of the Russian Federation, provides a summary tabulation of the state of implementation of a large number of these past Survey recommendations.

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