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<title><![CDATA[TTIP: Why does it matter?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the United States and the European Union, if successfully concluded, would be the most significant bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to date, covering approximately 50% of global output, almost 30% of world merchandise trade (including intra-EU trade, but excluding services trade) and 20% of global foreign direct investment.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD Review of Regulatory Reform: Mexico, 2013]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This review of Mexico identifies policy findings that the government of Mexico should consider to establish a “whole-of-government” culture for regulatory improvement policy. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/regreform/regulatory-policy/regulatory-reform-review-2013.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Public Consultation on the Governance of Regulators]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A consultation on the OECD Best Practice Governance Principles for Regulators. Comments and call for information from regulators to be included in the final version by 31 August 2013 at Regulators.comment@oecd.org.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/regreform/regulatory-policy/governance-regulators.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Public Consultation on Enforcement and Inspections]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The goal of this public consultation is to present a basis for discussion on key issues of enforcement and inspections. The principles address the design of policies, institutions and tools to promote effective compliance – and the process of reforming inspection services to achieve results.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/regreform/regulatory-policy/enforcement-inspections.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Costs and Challenges of Implementing Trade Facilitation Measures]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The costs of putting in place and maintaining trade facilitation measures are not particularly large and are far smaller than the benefits gained from implementing these measures, according to this study. Moreover, an increasing amount of technical and financial assistance to implement these measures has been made available to developing countries over the last decade.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/trade/the-costs-and-challenges-of-implementing-trade-facilitation-measures_5k46hzqxt8jh-en</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 11:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Trade facilitation agreement would add billions to global economy, says OECD 
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<description><![CDATA[Multilateral agreement to cut red tape in international trade would dramatically reduce trading costs and add a substantial boost to the global economy, according to new OECD research.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/regreform/facilitation/trade-facilitation-agreement-would-add-billions-to-global-economy-says-oecd.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A recipe for trust]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Have the policy errors that contributed to the global economic crisis been rectified? Sharan Burrow shares her vision for building trust and restoring confidence in the countries still suffering from the crisis. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/regreform/recipe-for-trust.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD trade briefing on 3 May 2013 in Geneva]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Inefficient, outdated and complex trade procedures and formalities prevent businesses from taking full advantage of open global markets. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/regreform/facilitation/oecd-trade-briefing-on-3-may-2013-in-geneva.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The determinants of informality in Mexico’s states]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Informality has important implications for productivity, economic growth, and the inequality of income. In recent years, the extent of informal employment has increased in many of Mexico's states, though highly heterogeneously.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5k483jrvnjq2-en</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Policy options to durably resolve euro area imbalances]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A simple econometric framework is presented linking current account balances of euro area countries to intra and extra euro area competitiveness, cyclical positions, fiscal positions and the oil price.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/policy-options-to-durably-resolve-euro-area-imbalances_5k49lcnzkn20-en</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Trade Facilitation Indicators: The Potential Impact of Trade Facilitation on Developing Countries' Trade ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Drawing on OECD trade facilitation indicators, this paper finds that the combined effect of comprehensive trade facilitation reform would reach almost 14.5% reduction of total trade costs for low income countries, 15.5% for lower middle income countries and 13.2% for upper middle income countries.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/trade/trade-facilitation-indicators_5k4bw6kg6ws2-en</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD Workshop on One-Stop Shops in Hungary]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The workshop identified key challenges in the design and implementation of one-stop shops in Hungary and ways to address them.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/regreform/regulatory-policy/one-stopshops-hungary.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Seminar on the Rationalisation of Regulatory Stock ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This seminar took place in Bogota and aimed to share good practices on managing and simplifying regulations that apply to business and citizens, and regulation inside government.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/regreform/regulatory-policy/bogota-regulatory-stock.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Accountability, Transparency, Participation: Key Elements of Good Governance]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In collaboration with the Federal Government of Germany, the OECD organised four workshops at the International Regulatory Reform Conference (IRRC) 2013 in Berlin. The workshops focused on the use of cost-benefit analysis in governmental decision making, as well as on the role of key actors of regulatory governance in the regulatory policy cycle: Parliaments, regulatory agencies and audit offices. 

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<link>http://www.oecd.org/regreform/regulatory-policy/irrc.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Reforming policies for the business sector to harvest the benefits of globalisation in the Netherlands]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Netherlands has strongly benefited from globalisation, which boosted international trade, cross-border investment and economic growth over the latest decades. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/regreform/reform/2013-3.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Health care reform and long-term care in the Netherlands]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Netherlands, as other OECD countries, faces the challenge of providing high quality health and long term care services to an ageing population in a cost-efficient manner.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/regreform/reform/2013-2.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Reform of Regulatory Enforcement and Inspections in OECD Countries]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This report summarises the results of the survey on regulatory enforcement and inspections conducted among OECD countries in 2012. The report draws some general conclusions from this survey and provides theoretical background on the topic. It also suggests some recommendations for organising and reforming inspections.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/regreform/Reform of inspections - Web - Julie Monk.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Inspections Reforms: Why, How and With What Results]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This report summarises experience of OECD and non-OECD countries with reforming inspections, attempts to present some of the most interesting and successful experiences suggesting that some good practices may be valid beyond the countries where they were initially pioneered.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/regreform/Inspection reforms - web -F. Blanc.pdf</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Unleashing business innovation in Canada]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This paper discusses how to improve Canada’s business innovation in order to boost labour productivity and output growth. Many general framework conditions are highly favourable to business risk taking and innovation, including macro stability, openness, strong human capital, low corporate tax rates, low barriers to firm entry and flexible labour markets.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/unleashing-business-innovation-in-canada_5k912j63dn25-en</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 09:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Indonesia should improve governance, productivity and tax collection to promote inclusive growth ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Indonesia has improved its macro-economic and structural policies over the last 15 years. Its economy, with strong and stable growth rates of 5–6.6%, is catching up with other countries in the region and allowing Indonesia to focus on its development agenda.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/regreform/indonesiaimprovegovernanceproductivityandtaxcollectiontosustaingrowthandmakeitmoreinclusive.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Workshop on the OECD Regulatory Reform Review of Indonesia]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A working group met in Jakarta to discuss the substantive policy areas proposed for examination in view of the Regulatory Reform Review of Indonesia.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/regreform/oecdreviewofregulatoryreforminindonesia.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Structural reforms to boost Turkey’s long-term growth]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Turkey can achieve strong sustainable growth and job creation but further reforms in the labour market, education and product markets are required for such gains to materialise.]]></description>
<link>http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5k92smv7cnjl-en</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Regulatory Policy: Chile]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This page presents latest developments in Chile: the assessment of ex post law evaluation with recommendations related to institutional, methodological and governance issues, as well as to seminars that took place throughout 2012.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/regreform/regulatory-policy/chile.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Guide to Improve the Regulatory Quality of State and Municipal Formalities and boost Mexico's competitiveness]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This Guide provides concrete recommendations of high impact reforms to simplify the processes of business start ups, construction permits, property registration, procurement, and to upgrade regulatory transparency and efficiency in the management of formalities in Mexico.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/regreform/regulatory-policy/guidetoimprovetheregulatoryqualityofstateandmunicipalformalitiesandboostmexicoscompetitiveness.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) in the Czech Republic and other countries]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The aim of this workshop was to present recent developments in implementing Regulatory Impact Assessment in the Czech Republic as well as to enable an exposure to different approaches in some leading OECD countries.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/regreform/regulatory-policy/regulatoryimpactassessmentriaintheczechrepublicandothercountries.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Measuring Regulatory Performance: A Practitioners' Guide to Perception Surveys]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Now more than ever, OECD countries are investing significant resources in regulatory policies and reforms. The OECD has developed a guide that helps officials use perception surveys to evaluate and communicate the results of reform processes.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/regreform/regulatory-policy/measuringregulatoryperformanceapractitionersguidetoperceptionsurveys.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Seminar on Administrative Simplification in MENA and OECD Countries, Budapest]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The objective of this seminar was to facilitate the implementation of administrative simplification strategies in MENA countries and to deepen the knowledge about the use of ICT-tools and consultation processes with stakeholders.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/regreform/regulatory-policy/seminaronadministrativesimplificationinmenaandoecdcountriesbudapest.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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