Cutting Red Tape Comparing Administrative Burdens Across Countries

Cutting red tape has become a priority in OECD countries. This pilot study measures and compares administrative burdens in the transport sector across eleven member countries: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, and Turkey.

Businesses’ Views on Red Tape provides the first opportunity to systematically compare data across 11 OECD countries. The data show how small and medium-sized enterprises perceive national administrative and regulatory costs. Regulations and ...

The report describes the key features of the Dutch programme of administrative simplification including the measurement of burdens, the use of incentives and targets, and whole-of-government co-ordination.

This report reviews Poland's administration simplification programme with the aim of helping Poland to make the programme and its implementation more efficient.

Analyses administrative simplification and e-government in Portugal, showing how e-government can be used as a lever for broader administrative simplification by making service delivery more coherent and efficient.

In 2007, Vietnam launched “Project 30” with the goal of reducing administrative procedures by 30%. This report details Project 30 and explores how Viet Nam can rapidly bring about its full potential.

This guide to administrative simplification reviews common barriers to designing and implementing a strategy for administrative simplification and offers 22 approaches to overcome them.

This book provides policy makers with guidance on the available tools as well as and explains common mistakes to be avoided when designing, undertaking and evaluating administrative simplification programmes.