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News

Regulation, allocative efficiency and productivity in OECD countries: industry and firm-level evidence

13-Jun-2008

This paper relates diverging productivity performances across OECD countries over the past fifteen years to differences in the stringency of regulations in the product market.

Brazil: Strengthening governance for growth

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.

Enhancing the globalisation of Korea

22-May-2008

Although Korea has become more integrated in the world economy over the past decade, it still ranks low in terms of import penetration, the stock of inward FDI relative to GDP and foreign workers as a share of the labour force.

Cutting red tape: comparing administrative burdens across countries

02-Oct-2007

Across the OECD area, governments are placing emphasis on reforming and reviewing regulation. Their efforts are contributing to a transparent administration and a competitive business environment, one where the cost of doing business is low.


Events

OECD-IMF Conference on Structural Reform in Europe

on 17-Mar-2008

What reforms are needed to boost jobs and productivity in Europe and how can they be implemented?  Presentations tackling these and other questions discussed at a joint OECD-IMF conference on 17 March 2008 are now available. They include keynote speeches by OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría and IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

Eight Workshop of the APEC-OECD Co-operative Initiative on Regulatory Reform, Gyeongju, Korea

on 09-Sep-2005

Eight Workshop of the APEC-OECD Co-operative Initiative on Regulatory Reform, Gyeongju, Korea.

Ninth Workshop of the APEC-OECD Co-operative Initiative on Regulatory Reform, Hoi An, Vietnam

on 12-Sep-2006

This page provides information on the APEC-OECD policy round that took place in Hoi An, Vietnam, on 12 September 2006.



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