Framework for Regulatory Policy Evaluation

An ongoing project aims to develop options for measuring regulatory performance and to provide consolidated information on measuring practices in a number of OECD countries.

Publications on Measuring Regulatory Performance

This page provides a list of all the publications, surveys and policy briefs that were produced by the OECD Division on Regulatory Policy in the context of the programme on Measuring Regulatory Performance.

The economic impact of regulatory policy

This study provides a critical literature review of the theory and quantitative evidence of the impact of regulatory policy. It surveys the literature on existing attempts at measuring the contribution of regulatory policy to improved performance.

Evaluating regulatory management tools and programmes

This paper examines country practices for measuring the performance of regulatory policy, and develops options for a set of indicators that OECD countries can use for their regulatory policy evaluation. It appraises a large number of regulatory indicators by using a set of criteria, suggesting how and when they should be adopted, and for which purpose.

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Evaluating the impact of regulation and regulatory policy

This paper develops a framework for systematically evaluating the performance of regulations and regulatory policies. It discusses the complexity of attributing changes in economic or welfare outcomes to changes in regulation and regulatory policy and shows the categories of measures for evaluating regulatory policies.

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OECD Review of Regulatory Reform: Turkey

The OECD Review of Regulatory Reform in Turkey presents an overall picture, set within a macro-economic context, of regulatory achievements and challenges including regulatory quality, competition policy, and market openness.

Risk and Regulatory Policy

Risk-based approaches to the design of regulation and compliance strategies can improve the welfare of citizens by providing better protection from hazards, more efficient government services and reduced costs for business.

Guide to Improve the Regulatory Quality of State and Municipal Formalities and boost Mexico's competitiveness

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.

4th Expert Workshop - Re-Boosting Growth: Overcoming Challenges to Measuring and Reducing Compliance Costs

Participants at this workshop shared approaches and techniques for measuring compliance costs and identifying strategies for cutting regulatory costs that contribute to re-boosting growth and to delivering improved welfare outcomes.

Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) in the Czech Republic and other countries

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.