OECD Reviews of Regulatory Reform: Switzerland 2006
Subtitle: Seizing the Opportunities for Growth
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Series: OECD reviews of regulatory reform; OECD Reviews of Regulatory Reform
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]:
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9789264022485
Subjects: Governance
Description: This review explores the opportunities for better regulation within the Swiss institutional framework. In recent years, the rate of growth in Switzerland has been slower than the OECD average. If this continues, the country will be challenged to face the financial demands of a rapidly ageing population, and to maintain living standards. The Federal Government has started to implement a growth-oriented reform strategy, but further structural changes are required. This report discusses the need for promoting internal market competition, for adopting a country-wide strategy for regulatory quality and for improving the performance of the infrastructure sectors. It presents an overall picture, set within a macroeconomic context, of regulatory achievements and challenges including regulatory quality, competition policy, and market openness. Its special focus is on frameworks for high quality regulation in the air transport, rail, postal and telecommunications services as well as electricity reform.
Table of contents: title: Summary; title: Part I. Regulatory Reform in Switzerland; title: Chapter 1. Performance and Appraisal; title: Introduction; title: The Macroeconomic Context; title: Emerging Challenges and Policy Responses; title: Strengthening the Foundations for Growth; title: Annex: Controversies over the GDP Growth Rate and the Productivity Growth Rate; title: Part II. Regulatory Policies and Outcomes; title: Introduction; title: Chapter 2. Regulatory Governance; title: Chapter 3. Competition Policy; title: Chapter 4. Market Openness; title: Chapter 5. A Framework for High Quality Regulation: Air Transport, Rail, Postal, and Telecommunications Services; title: Chapter 6. Electricity Reform