Regulatory management and reform is a dynamic issue that aims at improving the legal and regulatory context in which businesses operate and citizens thrive. An analysis of efforts to improve the regulatory framework is something different from a static analysis of the quality of regulation at a given point in time. The latter can however be helpful in illustrating the need for reform and perhaps in pointing to areas where change is most imminent. Setting up the right legal and regulatory framework is important to ensure that administrative simplification and the development of e-government activities can take place without unnecessary barriers.