DEPP working paper
This Working Paper is part of the Development Economics and Public Policy series
Regulatory Reform and Governance: A Survey of Selected Developing and Transition Economies
Yin-Fang Zhang and Margo Thomas.
Abstract
Regulation is now considered an integral instrument in developing policy toolkit to support market-led, pro-poor growth in developing and transition economies. Institutional environment in general and regulatory governance in particular have increasingly been viewed as a factor of competitiveness. In search for better governance, regulatory reform is critical. This article assesses regulatory reform in selected developing and transition economies by reporting the results of a survey on the application of regulatory governance policies, tools and institutions. It is found that in these countries regulatory reform has not shifted in approaches and objectives to taking a systematic view of regulatory governance and the means of promoting and enhancing it. It is suggested that, in order to improve regulatory governance, focus should be put on each of the three elements: regulatory policies, tools and institutions, and that centralised and concerted efforts are needed to integrate the elements.
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