New Developments in Administrative Simplification

This chapter summarises the latest developments in the area of administrative simplification, including the numerous programmes to reduce administrative costs, trends in dealing with regulatory stock, use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for administrative simplification, developments in the area of inspections and enforcement, regulatory reviews, etc. It also deals with the issue of perception of SCM-based programmes by businesses and/or citizens and discusses possible reasons why stakeholders are often unimpressed by governments’ simplification efforts.