Policy Brief: Measuring Regulatory Quality

Rules are essential for economic growth, social welfare and environmental protection. But rules can also be costly in both economic and social terms. Governments may for example want to ensure public money is well-spent by allocating rent allowances only to those in need – but what if the system for determining eligibility is costlier than offering the allowance to everyone, or has the perverse effect of reducing the supply of

Regulatory reform review in China: Working Group Meeting, 28 March 2008, Beijing, China

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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.

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Proceedings on Implementing Reform: Building the case through Results

This report presents the results of discussions held by the Group on Regulatory Policy in December 2007.

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.

OECD - Stability Pact Initiatives on Regulatory Reform in South East Europe

The Regulatory Governance Initiative (RGI) is part of the Investment Compact under the Stability Pact, which is a framework agreement on international co-operation among 40 countries, organisations and regional groupings to develop a shared strategy.

Cutting red tape: Comparing administrative burdens across countries

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Cutting Red Tape: Administrative Simplification in the Netherlands

Red tape is burdensome to companies, inhibits entrepreneurship, and reduces competitiveness. This study of the Netherlands is the first OECD review of a national programme for administrative simplification.

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Regulatory reform and the environment in Sweden

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