RIA in Practice: The International Narrative Dr.

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RIA in Practice: The International Narrative Dr. Malathy Knight Research Associate, Verite Research March 26th, 2015 RIA: “What” and “Why” Unpacking the international narrative on RIA RIA in developing countries: issues and challenges Getting to workable solutions Insert text Insert text Insert text Insert text Insert text Insert text Insert text Insert text Road map What is a “developing” country in this context? Financial resources Technical capacity (linked to some extent to financial resources) “Governance” per se not necessarily a part of this mix; BUT under-developed institutional structures/processes can be a result of financial resource constraints No one-size fits all solutions/international “good” practice rather than “best” practice First-best solutions NOT possible in public policy/identify “workable” solutions: country/sector Insert text Insert text Insert text Insert text Insert text Insert text Insert text Insert text Some caveats Systematic, structured, evidence-based, consultative analysis of the prospective impacts of a proposed policy measure against possible alternatives (ex-ante) “..RIA’s most important contribution to the quality of decisions is not the precision of the calculations used, but the action of analyzing – questioning, understanding real-world impacts and exploring assumptions..” (OECD, 2002) NOT an end in itself; process matters (demonstration effects) Insert text Insert text Insert text Insert text RIA: “what” and “why” Sub-set of regulatory policy: effectiveness, transparency/accountability, proportionality, consistency, legitimacy – facilitating better governance structures and processes Two inter-linked elements: RIA process and RIA document RIA: “what” and “why” RIA: “what” and “why” RIA: policy context RIA: policy context RIA: incidence OECD (formal) Africa: e.g. Botswana, Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania (pilot projects to implement RIA); Uganda (RIA training, 2000-2003); Kenya (RIA proposals, 2007); South Africa (approved by Cabinet,2007/RIA Guidelines available from 2012) Latin America: e.g. Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador (trying to introduce a more systematic use of RIA) RIA: emerging/developing economies Europe & Central Asia: e.g. Bulgaria (think-tank initiative IME (1998-2002); Moldova (2008); Montenegro (RIA manual, 2011); Serbia (2004); Ukraine (2004); Uzbekistan (adoption of government decree on RIA, 2014) Asia: e.g. Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Vietnam (piloting RIA); Indonesia (via ADB project in Min of Trade,2002 & TAF training for LG) SOUTH ASIA? RIA: emerging/developing economies Developing countries: empirical evidence sparse, patchy Why? -Other regulatory policy options for regulatory review? -Done but not documented (or informal)? -Done but not sustainably embedded (e.g. add-on to satisfy donor conditionality/not in sync with policy cycle, etc. )? GAP in research RIA: unpacking the international