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Below are the reports that were published on Mexico in 1999, 2004 and 2012 in the framework of the OECD Programme on Regulatory Reform. The 2011 report was published in the framework of the OECD Public Governance Reviews where Chapter 1 is devoted to regulation inside goverment in Mexico. The 2012 report on cadastres and public registries was published in the framework of co-operation with the Ministry of Social Development.

OECD reports

• OECD Reviews of Regulatory Reform: Mexico, Towards a Whole-of-government Perspective to Regulatory Improvement – Key Findings Report, November 2012
• Revisiones de la OCDE sobre Reforma Regulatoria : Mexico, Hacia Una Perspectiva de Gobierno Entero para la Mejora Regulatoria – Informe de las principales conclusiones, noviembre 2012
• Mejores prácticas registrales y catastrales en México 2012
• OECD Public Governance Reviews: Towards More Effective and Dynamic Public Management in Mexico 2011
• OECD Reviews of Regulatory Reform: Progress in Implementing Regulatory Reform, Mexico 2004
• OECD Reviews of Regulatory Reform: Regulatory Reform in Mexico 1999
• Government Capacity to Assure High Quality Regulation in Mexico 1999
• The Role of Competition Policy in Regulatory Reform in Mexico 1999
• Enhancing Market Openness through Regulatory Reform in Mexico 1999
• Regulatory Reform in the Telecommunications Industry in Mexico 1999

Regulatory Policy and Governance in Mexico

The OECD established the programme Strengthening Economic Competition and Regulatory Improvement for Competitiveness with Mexico’s Ministry of the Economy. It aims at boosting productivity, promoting employment and higher output, and improving GDP growth. Taking advantage of its expertise and knowledge on best international practice, the OECD Secretariat is advising and collaborating with the Ministry of the Economy to improve competitiveness in Mexico. The programme, started in 2008, has been accompanied by several events:

• 28 February 2012, launch of the United States-Mexico High-Level Regulatory Cooperation Council Work Plan
• January 2012, Annual OECD-Mexican Ministry of Economy Conference in “Regulatory Improvement and Competition as foundations for Competitiveness” 
• 13 July 2011, workshop on New Ideas for Risk Based Regulation and Regulatory Governance in Mexico.
• 11-12 July 2011, Conference on Building an Effective and Transparent Public Sector in Latin America (see Programme in English, Spanish) Access pictures, audio, video, speeches 
• 11 January 2011, presentation of the “Guide to Improve the Regulatory Quality of State and Municipal Formalities and Strengthen Mexico’s Competitiveness”.
• 6-7 May 2010, 25th National Conference for Competitiveness and Regulatory Reform
• 12-13 January 2010, Forum on Regulatory Reform

Results of the initiative

• Guide to Improve the Regulatory Quality of State and Municipal Formalities and Strengthen Mexico's Competitiveness; Annexes of the Guide (2012 edition, Spanish)
• Guide to Improve the Regulatory Quality of State and Municipal Formalities and Strengthen Mexico’s Competitiveness (2010 edition, Spanish) 
• Guia
• Successful Practices and Policies to Promote Regulatory Reform and Entrepreneurship at the Sub-national Level
• Tuempresa.gob.mx: A One-stop Shop for Quick and Easy Business Start-ups in Mexico

External links related to regulatory policy in Mexico

• Cofemer (Cofemer in english)

• On-line certification course on regulatory affairs by COFEMER (in English)

• Secretaría de Economía