US regulatory reform

Enabling Regulatory Reform

If regulation is, as Brown et al. (2006) conclude, the least explored of the three main government functions (taxation, expenditure and regulation), the factors which promote regulatory reform have generally received still less attention. Yet the capacity to promote timely and appropriate regulatory management in a situation of ever-increasing economic and technical complexity is of utmost impo...

Regulatory Reform and Innovation

2 3 FOREWORD Government regulations can have both positive and negative effects on the innovation process. Among other goals, regulatory reform in the OECD countries is intended to enhance the positive regulatory effects on innovation. Reforms should help ensure that regulations in all spheres of activity are fully responsive to changes in the economic, social and technical conditions surroundi...

Welfare Reform: The US Experience

Welfare Reform: The US Experience The reform of the cash-based welfare program for single mothers in the US which occurred in the 1990s was the most important since its inception in 1935. The reforms imposed credible and enforceable work requirements into the program for the first time, as well as establishing time limits on lifetime receipt. Research on the effects of the reform have shown it ...

Regulatory Arrangements, Financial Stability, and Regulatory Reform

Chapter 9 Enabling regulatory reform

This chapter examines the role of institutions in the promotion of regulatory reform, exploring the link between the existence of specific institutional arrangements and the endorsement of timely and appropriate practices of regulatory management. It highlights how the widespread use of regulatory impact assessment has facilitated the introduction of mechanisms of systematic consultation with t...