Regulatory Impact Assessment and regulatory policy

This chapter looks at the application, success and challenges of RIA mostly by governments, with brief mentions, where appropriate, of experience within parliaments, independent agencies and other institutions (e.g. in trade negotiations). It provides a comparative analysis of the policies, institutional mechanisms and structures, methodologies and case study examples of applying RIA. It also reflects current situation across OECD and other countries in the implementation of Principle 4 in the 2012 OECD Recommendation of the Council on Regulatory Policy and Governance.