Business Enabling & Administrative Simplification

Better regulation and simpler administrative procedures reduce unnecessary costs while strengthening the capacity of government to deliver effectively.

The conditions for doing business are shaped not only by legislation, but by the administrative procedures, institutional responsibilities and compliance requirements through which policy is implemented. RegioGro supports governments and public institutions in simplifying procedures, reducing administrative burdens and designing reforms that improve the business environment while preserving regulatory objectives and public safeguards.

What this field covers

Relevant themes include business-enabling reforms, administrative simplification, regulatory reform, administrative burden reduction, regulatory and compliance costing, licensing and permitting, one-stop-shop approaches, digitalisation of administrative procedures, local governance, public administration reform and improvement of government-to-business services.

Key challenges

  • Identifying unnecessary administrative burdens and sources of regulatory complexity.
  • Measuring the costs that administrative and regulatory requirements impose on businesses and citizens.
  • Simplifying procedures without weakening legitimate regulatory objectives or safeguards.
  • Coordinating reforms across institutions and different levels of government.
  • Improving licensing, permitting, registration and other government-to-business procedures.
  • Translating policy reform into administrative processes that are practical, transparent and implementable.

How RegioGro supports this field

Relevant services include Policy & Regulatory Development, Policy Evaluation & Impact Assessment, Research & Data Analysis, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning and Programme Design & Implementation.

Methods and evidence

Regulatory impact assessment, administrative burden measurement, Standard Cost Model and compliance-cost analysis, process and procedure mapping, regulatory stock review, institutional analysis, stakeholder consultation, comparative regulatory analysis, benchmarking, local-governance analysis and policy-reform design.

Selected projects

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