OECD Reviews of Regulatory Reform: Regulatory Reform in the Czech Republic 2001 [electronic resource] /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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Paris : OECD Publishing,
2001.
OECD's review of regulatory reform in the Czech Republic. It finds that since 1990, the Czech Republic has carried out a comprehensive transition to a market democracy that required a rapid and broad programme of deregulation, re-regulation, and institution-building. Today, the legal and policy frameworks consistent with a market economy are substantially in place and functioning. Important challenges remain, however, and reform to fill the remaining gaps and further refine regulatory regimes at national and subnational levels will continue to play a central role in economic development in the Czech Republic. Privatisation, restructuring, and building pro-competition regulatory regimes have been delayed in key areas, such as energy, and reform in telecommunications should be completed. Public sector reform should continue. Speed and consistency are essential. If the Czech Republic is to converge with the rest of Europe, it must move faster than the average European country.
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Foreword; Acknowledgements; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Part I - OECD REVIEWS OF REGULATORY REFORM IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC; Executive Summary; Chapter 1 - Regulatory Reform in the Czech Republic; Chapter 2 - Government Capacity to Assure High Quality Regulation; Chapter 3 - The Role of Competition Policy in Regulatory Reform; Chapter 4 - Enhancing Market Openness through Regulatory Reform; Chapter 5 - Regulatory Reform in Electricity, Gas, Road and Rail Freight; Chapter 6 - Regulatory Reform in the Telecommunications Industry; Chapter 7 - Conclusions and Policy Options for Regulatory Reform
Part II - BACKGROUND REPORTSBackground Report on Government Capacity to Assure High Quality Regulation; Background Report on the Role of Competition Policy in Regulatory Reform; Background Report on Enhancing Market Openness Through Regulatory Reform; Background Report on Regulatory Reform in Electricity, Gas, Road and Rail Freight; Background Report on Regulatory Reform in the Telecommunications Industry
OECD's review of regulatory reform in the Czech Republic. It finds that since 1990, the Czech Republic has carried out a comprehensive transition to a market democracy that required a rapid and broad programme of deregulation, re-regulation, and institution-building. Today, the legal and policy frameworks consistent with a market economy are substantially in place and functioning. Important challenges remain, however, and reform to fill the remaining gaps and further refine regulatory regimes at national and subnational levels will continue to play a central role in economic development in the Czech Republic. Privatisation, restructuring, and building pro-competition regulatory regimes have been delayed in key areas, such as energy, and reform in telecommunications should be completed. Public sector reform should continue. Speed and consistency are essential. If the Czech Republic is to converge with the rest of Europe, it must move faster than the average European country.
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OECD Reviews of Regulatory Reform