IMPACT ASSESSMENT: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE (2010)

The central theme of the Annual conference of the Flemish Evaluation Association was on ex ante evaluation of policies and regulations also known as 'impact assessment'. Cesar Cordova gave the key note and together with other participants tried to deal with key IA questions such as what are trends in the practice of ex ante evaluation of policies and regulations? What experience has been gained with the application and what are the effects? Has the instrumentation evolved, and what were the similarities and differences between regions or countries on these issues? Results and other presentations can be found at:

Cesar Cordova writes IFC SMARTLESSON: ART OR SCIENCE? MEASURING THE IMPACT OF BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT REFORMS AT THE SUBNATIONAL LEVEL (MAY 2009)

This SmartLesson written with Margo Thomas of the IFC shares the experience of adapting the Standard Cost Model (SCM) to review regulations and measure impact in supporting BEE reforms at the sub-national level in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia. The IFC reforms supported by Dr. Cordova adapted a relatively sophisticated tool, and applied it to support BEE reforms. Download it here

EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF REGULATIONS AND REGULATORY POLICIES ON THE PRIVATE SECTOR (2007)

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.

REGULATORY IMPACT ANALYSIS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (2007)

This paper prepared by Cesar Cordova in 2007 describes, analyzes, and assesses the use by the United Kingdom of Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) since the late 1980s until 2006. It was published as Chapter 2 of the book edited by Professor Tetsuzo Yamamoto Regulatory Impact Analysis - Institutions, Theories, and Cases. NTT Publishing Co., Ltd. Tokyo (2009).