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13 - Regulatory Compliance in a Global Perspective: Developing Countries, Emerging Markets and the Role of International Development Institutions

from Part I - Compliance Concepts and Approaches

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2021

By
Florentin Blanc  and
Giuseppa Ottimofiore
Edited by
Benjamin van Rooij  and
D. Daniel Sokol
Benjamin van Rooij
Affiliation:
School of Law, University of Amsterdam
D. Daniel Sokol
Affiliation:
University of Florida
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Abstract: Regulatory compliance is crucial to ensure that regulation and related public policies achieve their intended public outcomes – that is, safeguarding key elements of public welfare in a given country, while supporting economic and social development. Although this often remains implicit, promoting regulatory compliance is an important aspect of international development work. Nonetheless, the need to treat “compliance” or behavior change as a specific object has taken time to emerge, as has the understanding of the entire process between inputs (regulations, resources) and outcome (compliance or behavior change, or the absence thereof). Research shows that compliance is not an automatic consequence of regulations, that it does not always produce the desired outcomes, and that the “volume” and severity of enforcement do not necessarily correlate with compliance and regulatory outcomes. Significant evidence also suggests that poorly designed regulation, regulatory administration, procedures and systems can be both a hindrance to economic growth and a source of corruption.

This chapter looks at the specific aspects and challenges of regulatory compliance in a broad “development” context – characterized by a vast informal sector or significant “gray economy,” regulatory burden and barriers, and overall insufficient regulatory compliance (and thus effectiveness). In this context, “regulatory delivery” – that is, how the whole range of state activities aiming at improving or securing compliance is designed, structured, resourced and implemented – particularly matters. A more risk-based, focused, responsive regulatory delivery helps to maintain institutional integrity while taking into account actual issues and demands and can also support good governance and the rule of law.

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The Cambridge Handbook of Compliance , pp. 158 - 176
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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