Citizen Engagement in Rulemaking : Evidence on Regulatory Practices in 185 Countries
This paper presents a new database of indicators measuring the extent to which rulemaking processes are transparent and participatory across 185 countries. The data look at how citizen engagement happens in practice, including when and how governme...
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okr-10986-251542021-04-23T14:04:29Z Citizen Engagement in Rulemaking : Evidence on Regulatory Practices in 185 Countries Johns, Melissa Saltane, Valentina regulatory governance consultation notice and comment regulatory transparency impact assessments inclusive law making citizen engagement This paper presents a new database of indicators measuring the extent to which rulemaking processes are transparent and participatory across 185 countries. The data look at how citizen engagement happens in practice, including when and how governments open the policy-making process to public input. The data also capture the use of ex ante assessments to determine the possible cost of compliance with a proposed new regulation, the likely administrative burden of enforcing the regulation, and its potential environmental and social impacts. The data show that citizens have more opportunities to participate directly in the rulemaking process in developed economies than in developing ones. Differences are also apparent among regions: rulemaking processes are significantly less transparent and inclusive in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, and South Asia on average than in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development high-income countries, Europe and Central Asia, and East Asia and the Pacific. In addition, ex ante impact assessments are much more common among higher-income economies than among lower-income ones. And greater citizen engagement in rulemaking is associated with higher-quality regulation, stronger democratic regimes, and less corrupt institutions. 2016-10-13T20:46:51Z 2016-10-13T20:46:51Z 2016-09 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/09/26822009/citizen-engagement-rulemaking-evidence-regulatory-practices-185-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25154 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7840 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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This paper presents a new database of
indicators measuring the extent to which rulemaking
processes are transparent and participatory across 185
countries. The data look at how citizen engagement happens
in practice, including when and how governments open the
policy-making process to public input. The data also capture
the use of ex ante assessments to determine the possible
cost of compliance with a proposed new regulation, the
likely administrative burden of enforcing the regulation,
and its potential environmental and social impacts. The data
show that citizens have more opportunities to participate
directly in the rulemaking process in developed economies
than in developing ones. Differences are also apparent among
regions: rulemaking processes are significantly less
transparent and inclusive in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle
East and North Africa, and South Asia on average than in
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
high-income countries, Europe and Central Asia, and East
Asia and the Pacific. In addition, ex ante impact
assessments are much more common among higher-income
economies than among lower-income ones. And greater citizen
engagement in rulemaking is associated with higher-quality
regulation, stronger democratic regimes, and less corrupt institutions. |
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Johns, Melissa Saltane, Valentina |
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Johns, Melissa Saltane, Valentina |
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Johns, Melissa |
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Citizen Engagement in Rulemaking : Evidence on Regulatory Practices in 185 Countries |
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Citizen Engagement in Rulemaking : Evidence on Regulatory Practices in 185 Countries |
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Citizen Engagement in Rulemaking : Evidence on Regulatory Practices in 185 Countries |
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Citizen Engagement in Rulemaking : Evidence on Regulatory Practices in 185 Countries |
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Citizen Engagement in Rulemaking : Evidence on Regulatory Practices in 185 Countries |
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citizen engagement in rulemaking : evidence on regulatory practices in 185 countries |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2016 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/09/26822009/citizen-engagement-rulemaking-evidence-regulatory-practices-185-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25154 |
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