Initially, administrative simplification measures were implemented as part of sectoral deregulation and regulatory reform programmes in Mexico. Recently, a new approach emerged in the framework of the 2001-2006 Good Government Initiative that integrates administrative simplification into a management-for-quality programme. Among the most important tools implemented are the Federal Registry of Formalities and Services, the system of electronic tax declarations, various one-stop shop initiatives, the use of Regulatory Impact Analysis and the reinforcement criteria for the simplification of formalities such as “silence is consent and ‘silence is denial’”. An electronic system of government ...