The report is the result of a joint collaboration of the Korea Development Institute (KDI) and the OECD. For the KDI, this joint research initiative was headed by Dr. Jungwook Kim, Director of the Center for Regulatory Studies at KDI, with Jakyung Hong and Hangyul Cho overseeing the overall process and orchestrating the details throughout its course. Ms. June Mi E. Kang contributed in developing the foundation and establishing the ground work in the initial stage of this project.
For the OECD, the work was carried out under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, Director, and János Bertók, Deputy Director, of the OECD Public Governance Directorate (GOV). Miguel Amaral led the work underlying this report, with valuable support from Guillermo Hernández. The report benefited from the direction and support of Nick Malyshev, Head of the Regulatory Policy Division (GOV). Jennifer Stein edited and prepared the report for publication, and editorial support was provided by Andrea Uhrhammer. Comments and inputs were provided by Felipe González-Zapata, Stéphane Jacobzone, James Mohun, Jacob Arturo Rivera Pérez, Camila Saffiro, Ethel Tan, Barbara Ubaldi, and Benjamin Welby.
The chapters presented in this report were prepared by experts from KDI and the OECD:
Miguel Amaral, Senior Policy Analyst, OECD;
Rex Deighton-Smith, Project Manager, International Transport Forum, OECD;
Jungwook Kim, Director, Center for Regulatory Studies, Korea Development Institute;
Hangyul Cho, Research Associate, Center for Regulatory Studies, Korea Development Institute;
Kun Soo Park, Associate professor, Department of Industrial Engineering at Seoul National University.
A first draft of the report was circulated for comments at the 23rd session of the Regulatory Policy Committee on 16-20 November 2020. The report served as a background document for the joint roundtable of the Regulatory Policy Committee and the Network of Economic Regulators on the regulatory governance challenges raised by innovation and the opportunities provided by new digital technologies to develop innovative and effective approaches (e.g. data-driven regulation).