OECD Reviews of Regulatory Reform - Mexico: Progress in Monitoring Regulatory Reform

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29-Sep-2008

This review assesses the progress made by Mexico since 1999 in improving its regulatory framework. It specifically monitors the implementation of policy recommendations on government capacity to assure high quality regulation and on market openness.

OECD Reviews of Regulatory Reform Reviews - Korea: Progress in Implementing Regulatory Reform

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26-Sep-2008

This report assesses progress made since 2000 and analyses many of the lessons of implementation of regulatory reform. It also highlights possible responses to current challenges (ageing society, future welfare needs) and includes a new special chapter on tertiary education.

Building an Institutional Framework for Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA): Guidance for Policy Makers

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04-Jul-2008

RIA is a fundamental tool to help governments to assess the likely benefits and costs of new or existing regulation.

Making Life Easy for Citizens and Businesses in Portugal: Administrative Simplification and e-Government

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28-May-2008

This report, the first OECD study to analyse the successes and challenges of both administrative simplification and e-government in a national context, analyses Portugal's simplication programme, assess its implications for the public sector and service delivery, and makes proposals for action.<

OECD Reviews of Regulatory Reform - Brazil: Strengthening Governance for Growth

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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.

OECD Public Management Reviews - Ireland: Towards an Integrated Public Service

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28-Apr-2008

Ireland's economic success story is one that many OECD countries would like to emulate. Of the many factors linked to this success, the public sector’s role is key. This report analyses what the sector has accomplished so far, how it can keep renewing itself, and how it can perpetuate its success.

Towards Government at a Glance: Identification of Core Data and Issues Related to Public Sector Efficiency, OECD Working Papers on Public Governance No. 7

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03-Mar-2008

This paper is the second in a series of three annual papers published in preparation for the publication Government at a Glance. It identifies core data for the publication and presents existing data that help assess the efficiency of government.

Italy: ensuring regulatory quality across levels of government

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08-Nov-2007

This report analyses multi-level governance in Italy and the capacity of regions to produce high quality regulation, an important theme to achieve overall regulatory coherence.

Cutting red tape: administrative simplification in the Netherlands

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25-Sep-2007

Red tape is burdensome to companies,  inhibits entrepreneurship, and reduces competitiveness.

Cutting red tape: comparing administrative burdens across countries

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25-Sep-2007

Red tape is burdensome to companies,  inhibits entrepreneurship, and reduces competitiveness.