BR in EU, OECD, World Bank: differences & similarities

Better Regulation has been for some time on the agendas of these three major organisations. But do their policies and programmes have the same underlying principles, or does the same vocabulary cover different realities. That is what the author of this blog was asked to explore for a stakeholder event to be held next week. The major lesson from this comparison is that each organisation pursues policies in keeping with its overall mandate, and that the dissemination of the advantages of improved regulatory quality can be sought in a variety of ways:

• OECD, by drawing out lessons learnt from best practice, after discussion in its international forum, the regulatory policy committee, and making recommendations to members and partners;
• EU, by applying the principles to its own regulatory production, and getting its member states to follow suit, to improve the image of EU law and contribute to competitiveness;
• WBG, by assisting mainly developing and transition countries in tackling the practical challenges, regulatory and others, to improve the business environment and investment climate.

The text of the Powerpoint presentation is on line at http://regplus.eu/documents/fee.pps