Competing approaches to measuring business regulation : reducing red tape in Rwanda
- Country rankings with respect to a country’s business environment draw strong international attention. Methods of business environment assessment differ; two competing methods will be described and compared with respect to their results for Rwanda in the years 2008-2010. They do not come to the same results regarding regulatory deficits and hence the demand for regulatory reform. When regulatory cost is considered, demand and supply of reforms are more in line than without cost considerations. The effectiveness of reforms undertaken in Rwanda varies. Based on interviews in late 2010, not all reforms were having the expected impact “on the ground”.
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| Author: | Wolfgang Veit |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:101:1-201106272684 |
| Year of Completion: | 2011 |
| Document Type: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Contributing Corporation: | Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Fachhochschule Köln |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2011/06/15 |
| GND-Keyword: | Afrika; Entwicklungsländer; Entwicklungsökonomie; Regulierung; Rwanda |
| Tag: | Investitionsklima Africa; Business regulation and business law; Development economics; Red Tape; Rwanda |
| Note: | Version 2, Update vom 20. März 2011 |
| Institutes: | Wirtschafts- und Rechtswissenschaften (F04) / Fakultät 04 / Schmalenbach Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaften |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 300 Sozialwissenschaften / 330 Wirtschaft |
| JEL-Classification: | K Law and Economics / K2 Regulation and Business Law |
| L Industrial Organization / L5 Regulation and Industrial Policy | |
| R Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics / R5 Regional Government Analysis | |
| Open Access: | Open Access |