Business Regulatory Reform

OBJECTIVE

The main goal of the Business Regulatory Reform program is to help improve a country’s business regulatory framework at the central, sub-national or municipal level through policy review and re-design, decreasing the levels of operational uncertainty for firms.

The program’s main objectives are to streamline and re-engineer procedures and to introduce international best practice leading to automated and effective regulatory oversight systems.

The major direct outcomes of the program are reductions in the number of procedures, reduction of time and costs, and more transparent and better documented procedures. The program’s expected impact is to contribute to a greater formalization of businesses, stimulating more private investment that translates into better growth performance, job creation, and new income opportunities.

WHERE WE WORK

As of October 2009, the Business Regulatory Reform program had the following active projects in four countries:
· Egypt: National roll out of the Business Start-Up Simplification project
· Jordan: Inspection and Licensing Reform project
· Morocco: Business Registration Simplification, Casablanca
· Yemen: Business Start-Up Simplification project

In addition, the program has been conducting studies and collecting lessons learned from the implementation of construction permit and business simplification reform projects. Read more and access the full reports...


What Does the Program Offer?

Expected Outcomes and Impact

Eligible Partners & Clients

Examples of Projects

For additional information contact:

Thomas Moullier
Program Manager
E-mail: tmoullier@ifc.org