NEW! Evaluating the Impact of Regulations and Regulatory Policies on the Private Sector |
Governments often have difficulty in determining if initiatives to reduce the regulatory burden on firms have been effective. Cesar Cordova presented this paper at a FIAS, IDRC and CIES workshop in Lima on in May 2007 (see http://cies.org.pe/business-facilitation). It reviews: 1) various methods for evaluating the impact of regulation on firms, and 2) mechanisms for evaluating government regulatory reform initiatives.
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LES GRANDES TENDANCES DES POLITIQUES REGLEMENTAIRES DANS LE MONDE (Global trends in regulatory policies), Nov 2007 |
This interview of Scott Jacobs by Martine Perbet, French official on detachment to the Government of Quebec, addresses the current trends, positive and negative, in regulatory practices worldwide. It was published in Quebec’s Prospective journal in November 2007 (in French). |
Better Regulation for Europe’s Electronic Communications,
Nov 2007 |
The European Commission issued in November 2007 its long-awaited proposals for a new regulatory framework to promote a single market for electronic communications across the European Union. Gary Healy, Associate from our Irish offices, summarize the key changes to the 2002 Framework Regulations in this brief.
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Regulatory Reform Strategies: Converging with
Europe’s Best Regulatory Environments, September 2007 |
This paper by Scott Jacobs shows how European countries can achieve -- in a progressive, careful, and rapid manner -- a low-cost, low-risk regulatory system that supports competitiveness and effectively protects public interests. Mr. Jacobs delivered this paper at the conference, “Business Environment Reform in South East Europe: Progress and Challenges,” sponsored by the Government of Croatia, FIAS, IFC/World Bank, and UNDP on 25-26 September in Zagreb. |
The Danish Business Test Panel: a good consultation practice |
Involving stakeholders in improving government regulation is at the core of modern regulatory practice. As part of the Jacobs and Associates' work on improving consultation practices, Cesar Cordova and Peter Bay Kirkegaard examined the use of the business test panel in Denmark, and find that panels are “a very cost effective way” to consult stakeholders.
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Business Inspections Toolkit from the World Bank, by Jacobs and Cordova |
“Good Practices for Business Inspections: Guidelines for Reformers”, prepared with Scott Jacobs and Cesar Cordova, has been published by the World Bank Group. The toolkit joins other IFC Business Environment toolkits, all of which can be downloaded at http://www.ifc.org/ifcext/sme.nsf/Content/BEE+Toolkits. |
How Broad-based Reforms Succeed in Changing the Business Environment |
Scott Jacobs delivered his paper, “How Broad-based Reforms Succeed in Changing the Business Environment: The Strategic Use of Drivers of Change” at the Asia Consultative Donor Conference in Bangkok, 28 November – 1 December 2006. In this paper. Mr. Jacobs draws on case studies of broad reforms in three countries to show how reformers can use a changing mix of drivers through an unfolding sequence of events, like a series of dancers in a waltz, to sustain and expand business environment reforms.
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SUPPORTING CANADIAN, MEXICAN, AND AMERICAN REGULATORY COOPERATION, SEPT 2006 |
Jefferson Hill, Director, was asked by the Office of Management and Budget
to comment on the 2006 Draft Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of
Federal Regulation. In his comments, Mr. Hill stresses the need for more
support from OMB for regulatory cooperation within the trilateral Security
and Prosperity Partnership of Canada, Mexico, and America. |
STREAMLINING BUSINESS LICENSING IN VIETNAM, JUNE 2006 |
Jong Seok Kim, Director, is managing in Vietnam the Jacobs and Associates
project on business licensing reform carried out with CopenhagenDC for the
Asian Development Bank. Dr. Kim recommends several reform strategies in his
contribution to the Business Issues Bulletin from the Vietnam Chamber of
Commerce and Industry.
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Diagnóstico para el DiseÑo de un Esquema Institucional de Control de Calidad y Filtro de Regulaciones en el Estado Peruano
(Diagnosis of the Institutional Framework for the Control and Review of Regulation in Peru) |
In this report (in Spanish), Cesar Cordova, Director of Jacobs and Associates, analyzes Peru's regulatory framework and its capacity to produce high quality regulation. Through this in-depth diagnostic, Mr. Cordova develops an action plan that is centered around the establishment of a Regulatory Impact Analysis system and the application of target guillotines. |
| Current Trends in Regulatory Impact Analysis |
RIA is evolving quickly as it is mainstreamed into policy processes around
the world. In this report, Scott Jacobs examines current trends in the
process and methods of RIA by the top RIA performers in the world. The
particular contribution of this report is that it assesses the most recent
trends (2002-2006) in many of the most advanced countries, and identifies
lessons for governments who wish to be at the forefront of good regulatory
practices.
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FIRST MULTI-COUNTRY ASSESSMENT OF THE REGULATORY GUILLOTINE© |
Scott Jacobs presented his assessment of the Regulatory Guillotine in 7 countries at an International Conference on "Reforming the Business Environment: From assessing problems to measuring results" in Cairo, 28 Nov - 1 Dec 2005. His paper, which can be downloaded here, provides the first evaluation of how the guillotine was used in 2005 in Moldova, Ukraine, and Kenya to launch bold and top-down reforms to the existing stock of regulations, and to lay the foundations for continued, sustainable improvement in how governments regulate.
The conference agenda and other papers are at http://learning.itcilo.org/entdev/cairo/info/conf_programme.htm
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| REGULATORY REFORM AND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS IN SOUTH ASIA; A CALL TO ACTION (PDF) |
This summary of a report prepared by Scott Jacobs was prepared for the FIAS/SEDF/DFID Regulatory Reform Roundtable, 13-14 June 2005 in Dhaka. It identifies systemic, widespread regulatory failures across the region, and calls for more comprehensive and systemic reforms to improve the environment for business.
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RIA AS A TOOL TO IMPROVE THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT, AND ITS APPLICATION TO BANGLADESH |
Regulatory Impact Analysis is an important tool linking high quality regulation, good governance, and economic development. In this paper delivered at conference in Dhaka in December 2004, Cesar Cordova discusses the main components of RIA, how countries like Bangladesh can adapt and apply RIA, and how RIA can be embedded into a coherent regulatory reform policy enhancing business participation and FDI into Economic Free Zones.
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REMOVING ADMINISTRATIVE BARRIERS TO INVESTMENT: THE KOREAN REGULATORY REFORM EXPERIENCE |
Director Jong Seok Kim delivered this presentation at a World Bank conference on administrative barriers to investment on 5 April 2005.
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MODERNIZING BUSINESS REGISTRATION IN BULGARIA: OPTIONS FOR CHANGE |
Bulgarian company registration should be modernized to support a growing and dynamic market economy. This report by Scott Jacobs, released by USAID on 22 July 2004, is the first to systematically assess the benefits and costs of five options for reforming business registration in Bulgaria.
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QUICK SCAN OF VIET NAM'S CAPACITIES TO DESIGN HIGH QUALITY FRAMEWORK LAWS |
Prepared for GTZ, UNDP, and the Prime Minister's Research Commission of Viet Nam by Cesar Cordova, Director, Jacobs and Associates Inc, September 30, 2004.
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SMART REGULATION: A Regulatory Strategy for Canada |
Canada’s External Advisory Committee on Smart Regulation, on which Scott Jacobs was pleased to serve, issued this report to the Prime Minister of Canada on 23 September 2004. You can download the Executive Summary or the full report. The website of the Advisory Committee is at http://www.smartregulation.gc.ca.
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REGULATORY GOVERNANCE IN SOUTH EAST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES |
This report, published in July 2004, was prepared by Cesar Cordova, Director of Jacobs and Associates, and Inga Stefanowicz, consultant for the Regulatory Management and Reform Division in the OECD Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development, as part of the Regulatory Governance Initiative (RGI) of the Investment Compact. It is published here with permission of the OECD.
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RULES AND RED TAPE: COPING WITH OVER-REGULATION
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Scott Jacobs gave this presentation at the 37th International General Meeting of the Pacific Basin Economic Council, ”Driving Change: A New Role For Business in the Asia-Pacific,” on 28 June 2004 in Beijing. The presentation discusses the four dangerous regulatory myths that undermine regulatory reform programs.
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REGULATORY MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE SIMPLIFICATION IN BELGIUM AND FLANDERS, 29 May 2004 |
Cesar Cordova-Novion and Scott Jacobs prepared this report for the governments of Belgium and Flanders. The paper assesses the efforts of the Federal government to fight against trends of declining relative quality by simplifying regulation and administrative procedures. It analyses Flanders' attempts to build capacities for regulatory quality. A key aspect of good economic governance -- public management across levels of governments -- is discussed. The paper recommends further steps for both Belgium and Flanders.
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SEVEN QUICK STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT IN BOSNIA
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This presentation by Cesar Cordova and Scott Jacobs was prepared for a workshop in April 2004 in Sarajevo, hosted by the Southeast Europe Enterprise Development (SEED).
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| GOVERNANCE OF ASIAN UTILITIES: NEW REGULATORS STRUGGLE IN DIFFICULT ENVIRONMENTS |
This article by Scott Jacobs was published in April 2004 in the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Governance Brief.
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| CHOICES IN IMPACT ASSESSMENT: PROBLEM DEFINITION, DECISION CRITERIA, ANALYTICAL METHODS |
Scott Jacobs delivered this presentation at the European Commission Conference on IMPACT ASSESSMENT IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: INNOVATIONS, QUALITY, AND GOOD REGULATORY GOVERNANCE, Brussels, 3 December 2003.
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| ASSISTING ECONOMIC TRANSITION: AN RIA STRATEGY FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES |
Scott Jacobs delivered this speech on the use of regulatory impact analysis in developing countries at a Conference on REGULATORY IMPACT ASSESSMENT: STRENGTHENING REGULATION POLICY AND PRACTICE, Centre on Regulation and Competition, University of Manchester, 26-27 November 2003.
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| IMPROVING THE INSTITUTIONAL BASIS FOR SECTORAL REGULATORS: KEY ISSUES IN THE DESIGN OF ECONOMIC REGULATORY INSTITUTIONS |
This report by Cesar Cordova-Novion, Director of Jacobs and Associates, and Deirdre Hanlon from the Irish Department of Public Enterprise was published by the OECD in 2003, and is published here with permission from the OECD.
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| EVOLUTION OF EAST ASIAN UTILITY REGULATORS: DIVERSITY AND CHALLENGES |
Scott Jacobs reports on the results of a survey of East Asian utility regulators conducted for APEC by Jacobs and Associates in May 2003. This presentation was delivered at a seminar at the Asian Development Bank, October 2003, Manila, Philippines.
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| THE IMPORTANCE OF INSTITUTIONS IN DETERMINING THE INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT |
This report by Scott Jacobs was the keynote address for the SOUTH ASIA FDI ROUNDTABLE, Foreign Investment Advisory Service, Maldives, 9 – 10 April 2003.
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| THE ROLE OF REGULATORY IMPACT ANALYSIS IN IMPROVING THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR PRIVATE BUSINESS IN SERBIA |
This report by Scott Jacobs was published in the Serbian Journal of Public Administration, Vol 1, No 1, Belgrade, 2003.
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| PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE IN ASIA |
Scott Jacobs delivered this presentation at the APEC Privatization Forum Regional Roundtable, 22-24 May 2002, Hanoi, Vietnam.
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| REFORMING BUSINESS REGISTRATION IN SERBIA |
This report on the principles and design of a new business registration system for Serbia was prepared by Scott Jacobs for the Ministry of Economy and Privatization, Republic of Serbia, August 2002.
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| AN OECD PERSPECTIVE ON REGULATORY REFORM IN CHINA |
This report by Scott Jacobs was published by the OECD (2002) as Chapter 11 in China in the World Economy: The Domestic Policy Challenges, OECD, Paris.
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| COMMENTS ON OMB’S COST-BENEFIT REPORT OF MARCH 2002 |
At the request of OMB, Scott Jacobs peer reviewed the annual OMB report on federal regulations, and recommended changes to the US regulatory reform program.
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| IMPROVING THE REGULATORY AND ADMINISTRATIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT IN SERBIA |
This diagnostic report on the Serbian regulatory environment, and recommendations for improvement, was prepared by Scott Jacobs for the Ministry of Economy and Privatization, Republic of Serbia, June 2002.
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| THE CURE FOR EUROSCLEROSIS |
Scott Jacobs wrote this editorial for the Wall Street Journal Europe, 12 December 2001.
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| BUILDING CREDIBLE REGULATORS FOR LIBERALIZED UTILITY SECTORS |
Scott Jacobs, Managing Director Jacobs and Associates, ©Scott Jacobs, 2001, Presented At the First Workshop of The APEC-OECD Co-operative Initiative on Regulatory Reform 19–20 September 2001, Beijing, China.
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| WHO TURNED OUT THE LIGHTS? COMPETITION AND CALIFORNIA’S POWER CRISIS |
Michael Wise, former Director, and John C. Hilke published this article in Antitrust, American Bar Association, vol. 15 no. 3, p. 76, 2001.
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| THE GOLDEN AGE OF REGULATION |
Scott H. Jacobs wrote this article in November 2000 for the Internet Journal of the CEPMLP, Dundee. See http://www.dundee.ac.uk/cepmlp/journal/html/vol7/article7-13.html
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| REGULATORY REFORM IN KOREA: VISIONS AND STRATEGIES FOR BETTER GOVERNANCE |
This report by Jong Seok Kim explains how the Korean economic crisis of 1997 resulted from poor governance in the political system, financial institutions, and corporate management structure.
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| THE SECOND GENERATION OF REGULATORY REFORMS |
This report by Scott Jacobs was delivered at the IMF Conference on Second Generation Reforms, 8-9 November 1999.
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