IMPLEMENTING REGULATORY REFORM: BUILDING THE CASE THROUGH RESULTS PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEETING OF THE GROUP ON REGULATORY POLICY

Introduction......Page 7
Creating common public values to support reforms......Page 8
The need for consensus......Page 10
Building constituencies and coalitions supporting reform and maintaining support throughout the process......Page 11
Some lessons from Norway, the Netherlands and Italy......Page 12
Ensuring continuity through senior officials......Page 13
Timing and sequencing of reform......Page 15
Reforming in response to a crisis......Page 16
Maintaining momentum and a sense of urgency in the absence of crisis......Page 17
And the electoral cycle imposes its constraints......Page 18
Successful strategies for reform through engaging open and inclusive participation of stakeholders at the political level......Page 19
Conclusion......Page 21
Introduction......Page 25
Progress with liberalisation......Page 26
Effects on employment......Page 28
Effects on innovation and multi-factor productivity (MFP)......Page 29
Effects on domestic and foreign direct investments......Page 30
Effects on investments in and the adoption of information and communication technology (ICT) services......Page 31
The political challenges of implementation......Page 32
Policy drivers, institutional capacity and the importance of political support......Page 33
Reaching out to businesses and citizens......Page 34
Weighing adjustment costs as well as the cost of inaction......Page 37
The importance of multi-level regulatory coherence......Page 38
Promoting cultural change within administrations is a dynamic process......Page 39
Introduction......Page 51
What is a regulatory reform advocacy body?......Page 52
The importance of advocacy bodies for promoting high-quality regulations......Page 55
Key roles of advocacy bodies in promoting regulatory policies......Page 58
Setting the advocacy mandate......Page 61
Permanent vs. temporary and ad hoc mission......Page 64
Mixing governmental or non-governmental experiences......Page 65
Selecting the reform advocates......Page 66
Freedom of operation and openness of advocacy bodies......Page 68
How to evaluate the performance of advocacy bodies......Page 69
Balancing independence and accountability......Page 70
Strengthening the credibility of the institution......Page 71
Driving the message......Page 72
Building a political constituency for reform......Page 73
Resources and working methods......Page 76
Main lessons......Page 77
Competition policy aspects of reform strategies......Page 97
Competition advocacy and enforcement in support of reform......Page 99
Competition advocacy and consumer interests......Page 104
Advocacy as effective policy entrepreneurship: lessons for reform strategy......Page 107
Making the case for market opening regulatory reforms......Page 111
International negotiations as a means to harness political support......Page 112
Transparency and dialogue with constituencies contribute to better understanding of the issues......Page 114
Planning for market opening regulatory reforms......Page 115
Effective institutions and open domestic regulatory environments contribute to better planning and implementation......Page 116
Facilitating acceptance of change: strategic bundling......Page 117
Gaining public support by creating winners: encouraging export response......Page 118
Governments may need to compensate losers: specific timelines and caution in setting precedents......Page 120
Internationalising domestic processes of reform: locking out regulatory uncertainty and anchoring best practices......Page 124
Conclusions and the way forward......Page 125
Public value......Page 135
Political viability......Page 136
Manageability......Page 137
Co-operation by co-producers......Page 138
The relationship of the different elements of economic reform......Page 139
Conclusion......Page 141
Australian economic reform......Page 142
Introduction......Page 145
Features of centralised oversight......Page 146
Why centralised oversight is inherently controversial......Page 147
The likely opponents and proponents of centralised oversight......Page 148
How to minimise opposition to centralised regulatory oversight......Page 149
Centralised oversight in the EU versus the USA......Page 151