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