Regulatory Management Systems across OECD Countries: Indicators of Recent Achievements and Challenges

This report presents patterns assessing cross country differences in regulatory management practices using the indicators collected by the OECD in 1998 and 2005. It discusses first the contribution and limits of composite indicators of regulatory management systems. The main part of the report provides an overview of regulatory management systems, including regulatory policies, institutions, processes and tools. The goal is to offer a broad but detailed picture on country practices as well as recent trends since 1998. In terms of appeal, compliance and enforcement, the UK, Switzerland, Iceland, Ireland, complied with almost all the elements in the questions. A more detailed analysis of the results shows that almost all countries provide the three basic features of administrative review, including to an independent body as well as a judicial review. The findings in this report provide a complementary picture on the initial findings elaborated from the 2005 survey. They allow for comparisons across countries and for a deeper understanding of the trends as well as of underlying differences.