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In addition to the extensive work it conducts with member countries, the OECD is also committed to working with non-members, to help them to improve their regulatory policies, frameworks and systems. This work includes: policy dialogue; providing information about good practices using both policy tools examples of ‘best practice’ from relevant or similar OECD member countries to promote institutional change; conducting peer reviews comparable to those for member countries; and creating distinctive, new policy instruments such as the APEC-OECD Integrated Checklist for Regulatory Reform that can be used world-wide.
Non-member countries on all continents are more open to advancing work in the area of regulatory reform, as they are often under competitive pressure to attract investment, boost growth and share in the benefits of global trade. But these countries often experience significant challenges in introducing necessary reforms. Challenges such as introducing a change in administrative culture, adopting specific policy tools such as RIA, and the need for a more efficient and responsive judiciary, all call for an exercise of leadership – at both administrative and political level – that can be more difficult when there is a shortage of trained personnel, limited resources, and few precedents for transparent consultation with stakeholders. The competing objectives of state-building and growth can be difficult to resolve. Nevertheless, there are inspiring examples of progress in pursuit of regulatory reform in non-member countries.
Below is a summary of the Regulatory Policy Division's work with non-member countries in four key areas:
Regulatory quality issues are also part of the work of SIGMA
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