Regulatory Quality and Competition Policy
Regulatory reform and competition policy are two important and inter-related areas of regulatory policy and public administration. Both can play a key role in improving the quality of regulation, and creating healthy and competitive markets and an...
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Format: | Report |
Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/532851468313826265/Better-regulation-for-growth-governance-frameworks-and-tools-for-effective-regulatory-reform-regulatory-quality-and-competition-policy http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27879 |
Summary: | Regulatory reform and competition policy
are two important and inter-related areas of regulatory
policy and public administration. Both can play a key role
in improving the quality of regulation, and creating healthy
and competitive markets and an attractive investment
climate. This in turn leads to greater economic growth,
employment and incomes. Part one of this paper discusses
definitions and key issues associated with regulation,
regulatory quality, and competition policy. This discussion
focuses on competition policy as it relates to restrictions
on competition and also pro-competitive regulation, which
involves protecting consumers through economic regulation.
Part two of this paper considers institutions and processes
for implementing regulatory quality and competition policy
agendas, including regulatory agencies, regulatory reform
bodies, competition authorities and broader
regulation-making processes. Part three notes the importance
of assessing competition policy issues on a case-by-case
basis and identifies the main objectives and features of
competition policy. This includes a discussion about when
competition policy issues are likely to play an important
role in regulatory assessment and reform. Part four
considers mechanisms for coordinating- where
appropriate-competition policy and regulatory quality
assessments, including undertaking competition assessments
and providing advice to decision makers. |
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