Recommendation of the Council on Regulatory Policy and Governance

This Recommendation sets out the current thinking on how to effectively implement regulatory policy in countries, based on over a decade of OECD experience. "This Recommendation is the first comprehensive international statement on regulatory policy since the crisis", says Angel Gurría.

Regulatory Policy by Country

These reviews examine the current regulatory policy practices within countries and provide recommendations for improving the regulatory quality for improved economic, social and environmental outcomes.

Better Regulation in Europe: Greece

The EU Better Regulation project is a partnership between the OECD and the European Commission. It draws on the initiatives for Better Regulation promoted by both organisations over the last few years.

Better Regulation in Europe - The EU 15 project

The EU Better Regulation project is a partnership between the OECD and the European Commission. It draws on the initiatives for Better Regulation promoted by both organisations over the last few years.

Regulatory Policy: Greece

This page provides access to the 2012 report on Better Regulation in Europe: Greece as well as to the 2001 Regulatory Reform Review of Greece.

Regulatory Policy: Belgium

This page presents current activities on administrative simplification in Belgium and provides access to the report Better Regulation in Belgium.

Regulatory Policy: Mexico

This page provides links to the reports on regulatory policy in Mexico published since 1999 as well as updates on current developments in the field of regulatory policy and governance in Mexico.

Empfehlung des Rates zu Regulierungspolitik und Governance

This is the German translation of the 2012 Recommendation of the Council on Regulatory Policy and Governance. It sets the current thinking of how to effectively implement regulatory policy in countries, based on over a decade of OECD experience.

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Regulatory Management Systems Country Notes

The OECD Secretariat has extended its database on regulatory management indicators to the following countries: Brazil, Chile, Estonia, Israel, Russia, Slovenia, South Africa. The results can be downloaded in the form of individual country notes.

Unleashing business innovation in Canada

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.