The COVID-19 pandemic has, with alarming speed, dealt a heavy blow to an already-weak global economy, which is expected to slide into its deepest recession since the second world war, despite unprecedented policy support. The global recession would be deeper if countries take longer to bring the...

This report is an output of the Better Regulation for Growth Program between the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and IC, the Investment Climate Advisory Services of the World Bank Group. The reports identifies a set of minimum...

The purpose of this report is to introduce and present key components of the regulatory governance agenda, and to discuss its relevance for developing countries. The paper identifies failings and knowledge gaps relevant to the implementation of regulatory governance initiatives, and it discusses...

Over the last few years the Standard Cost Model (SCM) has become the regulatory reform tool of choice in European Union (EU) and Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries for identifying and reducing regulatory compliance costs. SCM provides a relatively simple...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Executive Summary -- Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) -- Overview: From Vision to Action -- PART I Framework -- 1 Monitoring Framework -- 2 MDG Prospects: Reasons for Optimism, Grave Concerns -- PART II...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Overview and executive summary -- Progress in ideas and practice -- Scope and methodology of this Strategy -- The main messages of this Strategy -- Notes -- 1. Introduction and development context -- The gloomy arithmetic of water -- Water resources...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Cover -- Title -- Abstract -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- I. Executive Summary -- II. Peru's Fiscal Challenges and Vulnerabilities -- III. Reorienting the Budget Toward Pro-Poor Expenditure -- IV. Improving the Efficiency of Public Expenditure -- V....