Building an Institutional Framework for Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA): Guidance for Policy Makers

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RIA Handbook.pdf......Page 0 Chapter 1. Introduction......Page 7 1.1. Structure of this guide......Page 8 Chapter 2. What is RIA?......Page 11 2.1. Definition of Regulatory Impact Analysis......Page 14 2.2. Constitutive elements of RIA: the document and the system......Page 16 2.3. Measuring impacts in different areas of interest......Page 17 2.3.1. A two-step approach......Page 19 Chapter 3. Evaluating the potential of RIA......Page 23 3.1. Benefits of Regulatory Impact Analysis......Page 24 3.2. Challenges and risks......Page 25 3.3. RIA in developing countries......Page 26 3.4. Good practices for introducing effective RIA systems......Page 29 4.1.1. Stakeholding......Page 31 4.1.2. Legal mandate for RIA......Page 32 4.2. Integrate RIA timely in the decision-making process......Page 34 4.3.1. Who should conduct RIA......Page 35 4.3.2. Institutional setting for RIA......Page 36 5.1. Co-ordination and management......Page 39 5.2. Targeting and prioritising RIA efforts......Page 40 5.2.1. Apply RIA to existing as well as new regulation......Page 43 5.3. Strategies for data collection......Page 45 5.4. Using a flexible analytical method......Page 46 5.5. Consultation, participation and transparency......Page 48 6.1. Developing guidelines......Page 51 6.2. Training the regulators......Page 53 6.3.2. Communicating results......Page 54 Chapter 7. Final considerations......Page 57 2) Responsibility, management and co-ordination of RIA programmes......Page 68 5) Data collection strategies......Page 69 7) RIA in the policy-making process: integration as early as possible......Page 70 9) Consultation, participation and transparency......Page 71 10) Apply RIA to existing as well as new regulation......Page 72