This report was prepared by the OECD Public Governance Directorate (GOV) under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, Director, and Daniel Trnka, head of GOV’s Regulatory Policy Division. The authoring team comprised James Drummond, Jeeseon Hwang and Supriya Trivedi, led by Mike Pfister, with the encouragement and support from János Bertok, Deputy Director. Jennifer Stein co-ordinated the editorial process, and Andrea Uhrhammer provided editorial support.
This report was prepared under the auspices of the ASEAN-OECD Good Regulatory Practices Network (GRPN) and benefitted greatly from extensive consultation with GRPN members, who are responsible for developing and implementing regulatory reforms at the national level. The OECD Secretariat would like to thank the GRPN main contact points for providing responses to the survey, participating in the workshop, and commenting on drafts of the country profiles and overview chapter. They include: Zainul-Akhyaar Amer Hairunuddin, Nur Dalila Binti Moslim, Yusri Yahya (Brunei Darussalam); Sokha Pech and Senera Sar (Cambodia); Diani Sadiawati (Indonesia); Alousana Chandara, Sisomboun Ounavong, Vanpheng Sengmanothong, and Sengaphone Silaphet (Lao PDR); Siti Norlailasari Abdul Rahman (GRPN co-chair), Abdul Latif Abu Seman, Azlin Mohd Alias, Sharhiza Bahari, Zahid Ismail, Wan Fazlin Nadia Wan Osman, Mohammad Alamin Rehan, and Yogesvari Sambasevam (Malaysia); Wah Wah Maung and Phyu Hnin Wutyi (Myanmar); Julie Nind and Mark Steel (GRPN Co-Chair, New Zealand); Karen Isabelle C. Aquitana, Patricia Maye S. Dilag, Giselle Ann T. Melgar, Alyssa P. Pamplona, Ernesto V. Perez, Omer Caliph M. Tiblani (Philippines); Alex Ang, Marvin Chan, and Rachel Chan (Singapore); Chintapun Dansubutra, Pitchanart Khamyuang, and Narun Popattanachai (Thailand); Quynh Anh, Ngo Hai Phan, and Vinh Dang Quang (Viet Nam); Alexander Chandra, Ruth Mahyassari and Irfan Mujahid (ASEAN Secretariat);and Intan Ramli (Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, ERIA). Sincere thanks are also extended to OECD Secretariat officials who provided comments on the paper, including Monica Brezzi, Gillian Dorner, Felipe González-Zapata, Pinar Guven, Minju Kim, Ernesto Soria Morales, Jacob Arturo Rivera Perez, Tatyana Teplova, and Barbara Ubaldi. Special thanks are also extended to Martha Baxter for her additional support in finalising this publication.
This report would not have been possible without support from the Government of the United Kingdom. Special thanks are extended to Zoey Dayan, Stewart Gibbon, Tamsin McSorley, and Loan Nguyen.