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Institutional Foundations of Economic Reform and Integration
Bernard WonderHead of Office
Productivity Commission
Tokyo26 February 2007
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Task
Working regionally to develop national capacities
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What can we usefully do?
From the perspective of Australia’s Productivity Commission– the Australian Government’s principal
review and advisory body on microeconomic policy and regulation; and
– the institution most identified in Australia with microeconomic reform
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Regional co-operation
Share experiences
Share institutional solutions
Share priorities for reform agenda
Focus on particular priorities
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1. Share experiences
Number 1 (beginning of 20th century) in world per capita incomes
To Number 4 (of 23 OECD countries) in 1950
To Number 9 in the early 70s and16 by late 80s
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Australia’s relative productivity performance
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Australia OECD
GDP per hourAverage annual labour productivity growth
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Why was this so? High cost manufacturing sector Low levels of innovation and skill
development Outmoded technologies Inflexible work practices High cost government provided
infrastructure services
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Reform strategies that worked for Australia Opening the borders
Unilateral liberalisation
Gradual change
Reform on a broad front
Specific adjustment measures
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Fall and rise of Australia’s economic ranking
Rank based on GDP per capita, in 2005 EKS$, 23 OECD countries1
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1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002
Australia ranked 4th in 1950
Australia ranked 16th in late 1980s
Australia back to 6th in mid 2000s
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2. Share institutional solutions to:
– Obstacles to structural reform; and
– Promoting and sustaining reform
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Obstacles to structural reform Costs are concentrated. Benefits are
diffuse Potential winners poorly informed Bureaucratic structures aligned with
sectional interests Costs of reform front-loaded, benefits
long term Multiple jurisdictions
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Promoting and sustaining reform
Neutralising vested interests
Building community-wide support
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Productivity Commission Model
Well informed policy decision-making and public understanding on matters relating to productivity and living standards, based on independent and transparent analysis from a community-wide perspective.
GovernmentCommissionedprojects Competitive
NeutralityComplaints Office
PerformanceReporting
RegulationReview
SupportingResearch
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What is it about the Productivity Commission model that makes it work (in Australia)?
Independent, transparent and economy-wide analysis
Well researched advice that is impartial Extensive public input Draft and final reports Opportunity for governments to respond to
Commission reports Wider awareness of the costs of existing
policies and the benefits from reform
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3. Share priorities for reform Agenda
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The future agenda Strengthening the national electricity market Enforcing ‘water allocation and trading regimes Delivering a more efficient freight transport
system Addressing costly regulation Addressing greenhouse gas abatement Improving consumer protection policies Reviewing the entire health system Examining vocational education and training
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4. Focus on particular priorities
What might be a good example? – regulation
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Growth in Australian Government regulation
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Estimated growth in pages of Australian Government primary legislation
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The paper burden (a small business perspective)
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Rethinking Regulation
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Common regulatory problems
Unclear or questionable objectives Failure to target the regulation at the ‘problem’ Undue prescription and complexity Overlap, duplication and inconsistency Excessive reporting and paper work Unwarranted differentiation from international
standards
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Recent decisions:New regulatory framework
Australian Government responded to the Report of Regulation Task Force and announced the 'New Regulatory Framework’ on 15 August 2006
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What might be the product of regional focus? Principles of good regulatory
process? Better understanding of good
regulatory analysis Compliance Cost checklist Competition assessment checklist Sharing of national approaches to
regulatory assessment
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Institutional Foundations of Economic Reform and Integration
Bernard WonderHead of Office
Productivity Commission
Tokyo26 February 2007