The Regulatory Policy Outlook 2025 is the OECD’s flagship publication on rulemaking, regulatory delivery, and review. It is a collaborative effort between the Members of the OECD Regulatory Policy Committee and the OECD Secretariat within the Regulatory Policy Division of the Public Governance Directorate.
This fourth edition of the Regulatory Policy Outlook was prepared under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, Director of the OECD Public Governance Directorate. It was co-ordinated by Christiane Arndt‑Bascle and Paul Davidson under the direction of Anna Pietikäinen, Head of the Regulatory Policy Division.
The main authors include Paul Davidson and Anna Pietikäinen (Chapter 1); Richard Alcorn, Paul Davidson, Ramisa Huq, Tobias Querbach and Estera Szakadatova (Chapter 2); Paul Davidson, Marianna Karttunen, Johannes Klein, Alexander Roberts and Yola Thuerer (Chapter 3); Miguel Amaral, James Drummond, Guillermo Hernández, Ramisa Huq, Becky King, and Tobias Querbach (Chapter 4); Manuel Gerardo Flores Romero, Ramisa Huq, Giuseppa Ottimofiore, Tobias Querbach, and consultants Emmanuel Eckard and Ekaterina Zakharyan (Chapter 5).
Various drafts of the Regulatory Policy Outlook were reviewed and commented on by Members of the OECD Regulatory Policy Committee, the OECD Network of Economic Regulators and BIAC. The Outlook also significantly benefited from the comments of Daniel Trnka, along with specific comments from Carlotta Alfonsi, Joanne Caddy, Conor Das-Doyle, Shemsije Jashari, Jesper Johnson, Sarah Kups, Clare McEvoy, Mauricio Mejia Galvan, Seong Ju Park, Wiktor Samek, Pierre Sarlieve and Bagrat Tunyan from the Public Governance Directorate. Particular thanks go to Olof Bystrom and Katherine Hassett from the Environment Directorate and to Julia Carro, Gallia Daor, Molly Lesher, Karine Perset, Audrey Plonk, Maximillian Reisch, and David Winickoff of the Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation.
The Outlook relies heavily on the Indicators of Regulatory Policy and Governance led by Paul Davidson, which were designed, implemented, verified and prepared for publication (including the country profiles and reader’s guide) by the Measuring Regulatory Performance team, also including, Ramisa Huq, Gloriana Madrigal, Tobias Querbach, Estera Szakadatova, and consultant Renny Reyes.
The Indicators on the Governance of Sector Regulators led by Martha Baxter were developed in consultation with the OECD Network of Economic Regulators. Selected indicator results prepared for the Outlook was made possible with contributions from Vincent van Langen, Valeria Prieto La Noire and Alexander Roberts.
The main chapters and underlying data of the Regulatory Policy Outlook 2025 were approved at the 31st Regulatory Policy Committee meeting on 20-21 November 2024. The Outlook was prepared for publication by Jennifer Stein. It benefitted from editorial assistance from Jennifer Allain and Andrea Uhrhammer. Statistical advice was provided by Alessandro Lupi.
The work on regulatory policy at the OECD is conducted under the supervision of the Regulatory Policy Committee, whose mandate is to assist both Members and non-Members in building and strengthening capacity for regulatory quality and regulatory reform. The Regulatory Policy Committee is supported by the Regulatory Policy Division of the Public Governance Directorate. The Directorate’s mission is to help governments at all levels design and implement strategic, evidence-based and innovative policies to strengthen public governance, respond effectively to diverse and disruptive economic, social and environmental challenges and deliver on government’s commitments to citizens.