Effective regulatory reform solutions from the team that has solved regulatory problems in over 100 countries since 1985.
Solutions to difficult regulatory problems matter: to people’s lives, to economic opportunities, to effective government. The Jacobs, Cordova & Associates team refines proven tools and develops new ideas to tackle deep-seated regulatory problems – from simplifying complex licenses to designing and implementing regulatory impact assessment to national reform strategies for growth and trade. We help reduce regulatory costs and risks that hold back economic growth, while boosting the rule of law and the role of good regulations in protecting vital public interests.
JC&A is pleased that the Commonwealth has recently published the Handbook on Designing and Implementing RIA Systems written by Scott Jacobs. The Handbook on Designing and Implementing RIA Systems (the ‘Handbook’) is intended to assist Commonwealth governments in designing and implementing programmes of Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) across multiple regulatory institutions. It identifies major risk
Supported by FCDO-funded The Adam Smith International–REMIT program and Jacobs Cordova & Associates, the Regulatory GuillotineTM in government procedures will improve investment climate by reducing thousands of regulations and formalities leading to much needed robustness to the economy. A new national registry will be set up which will become the first legal repository of all
Islamabad: August 05, 2024:Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb held a meeting with the Managing Director of Jacobs, Cordova and Associates Mr. Scott Jacobs at Finance Division today. Secretary Board of Investment and officials from relevant ministries/divisions were also present in the meeting. The meeting focused on the subject of regulatory reforms
Scott Jacobs presented a new paper, “What Comes Next? Innovation and Regulatory Forbearance,” at the conference, “Regulatory Governance in a Changing World,” June 17-18, 2024, at the University of Pennsylvania. In this short video, Jacobs presents his paper, arguing that we need risk managers rather than regulators to deal with transformational innovations. He argues that
JC&A is pleased to assist the Government of Uganda with measurement and evaluation of the results of a 2017 Standard Cost Model (SCM) review of licensing regimes, assessment of gains/losses of compliance costs for businesses (more than 30 focus groups), review of pending reforms and newer reforms introduced, reform of the licensing e-Portal and re-engineering
Jorge Velazquez, Director of JC&A, was pleased to meet with the Mayor of @GuadalajaraGob, Francisco Ramírez Salcido, to promote reforms to increase municipal competitiveness as part of the USAID #CompetitiveMunicipalities Project, @TheErgoGroup @USAIDMX @cceoficialmx @CEESP1
Scott Jacobs was invited to teach an applied RIA course to the staff of the Thailand National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) in Bangkok. Pictured is Scott Jacobs with NBTC Commissioner Suphat Suphachalasai, and NBTC staff, September 2023
Scott Jacobs is discussing the use of regulatory impact analysis in emerging Fintech issues such as digital assets, ESG ratings, and licensing of virtual banks with the Bank of Thailand. Innovation and risk management are central to the financial industry today, and the Bank of Thailand is in the mainstream of regulators in balancing the
Today Jorge Velázquez, Director of JC&A for Mexico, participated in the signing of the memorandum of understanding between @MunicipioAgs and @CEESP1 to collaborate on the project “Competitive Municipalities: Intelligent Regulation and Business Commitment”. The project is co-financed by USAID and Mexican business. @USAIDMX
The Competitive Municipalities-initiative of @CEESP1 with the support of @USAIDMX, presented 8 June in Western and Bajío region of Mexico 2 innovative instruments for Municipal Regulatory Improvement: Inspections Model and RIA Manual. JC&A’s consultant, Delia Vazquez, participated as one of the key note speakers presenting the inspection model. The event included the participation of Efrén