Public-Private Partnerships: In Pursuit of Risk Sharing and Value for Money

The debate about how to achieve value for money in the delivery of government services is important and ongoing. Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are one option for service delivery. This book discusses important issues for countries that use PPPs or are considering their use.

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

This review analyses the challenges of strengthening regulatory governance in Brazil to improve economic growth, with appropriate regulatory frameworks for core infrastructure sectors.

Brazil: Strengthening governance for growth - Executive summary

Brazil has now entered a more advanced phase of economic development, with the need to strengthen the institutional foundations for a market-based economy.

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

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.

Economic Survey of France 2009: Strengthening competition to boost efficiency and employment

Despite the great progress France has made in opening its markets for goods and services, and in strengthening the overall framework for competition, there are still regulatory barriers to entry in many sectors, particularly in retail trade and various professional services. The emergence of real competition in the retail market for gas and electricity and in telecommunications (provision of high speed Internet through a fibre optics

Economic Survey of Estonia 2009: Enhancing the business environment to foster productivity

Estonia is particularly well regarded in ICT network readiness and well-functioning e-government. However, the share of production in high tech and knowledge intensive sectors is relatively low.

Economic Survey of New Zealand 2009: Structural policies to overcome geographic barriers and create prosperity

New Zealand’s living standards remain well below the OECD average, a situation attributable to low productivity, which in turn is related to economic geography as well as structural policy factors.

OECD Reviews of Regulatory Reform: Russia 2005

This is the Japanese version of Regulatory Reform in Russia and covers the overall economic context, the government’s capacity to manage regulatory reform, competition policy and enforcement, and market openness. It also examines the electricity and railroad sectors.

Also Available

• OECD Review of Regulatory Reform: Russia
• Examens de l'OCDE de la réforme de la réglementation: Russie

Italy: ensuring regulatory quality across levels of government

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: Comparing administrative burdens across countries

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