Jacobs, Cordova & Associates (JC&A) (www.regulatoryreform.com) is a consulting firm, founded in 2001, specializing in designing and implementing improvements in the quality of government regulators and regulations, based on multidisciplinary approaches of microeconomics, rule of law, and new public management. They help governments get better results at lower cost, facilitating rather than blocking market forces, with the right regulatory solutions. Their offices are located in Washington, DC, Dublin, and Mexico City.
They have designed the world’s largest and most innovative regulatory reform projects aimed at changing the market incentives that drive business behavior in highly regulated environments. They then help build quality control mechanisms so that governments can continue to better design and implement formalities in future. Their clients include national governments and international institutions such as the World Bank/IFC/FIAS, EBRD, the European Commission, APEC, the Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, ILO, UNDP, as well as many bilateral aid agencies such as the various facilities of the European Commission, USAID, DANIDA, DIFID (UK) and Germany Aid (GIZ).
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Training in good regulatory practices to regulators and stakeholders is one of their largest service areas. JC&A builds human skills in developing and applying high quality regulatory regimes. They offer on-site training sessions for civil servants and government experts, based on case studies, tailored to client needs. Training sessions can last from one day to two weeks. Theytrain to build government capacities in:
RIA is a highly adaptable group of policy analysis methods used in a wide range of administrative contexts to help regulators make the right choices about when and how to regulate. The Jacobs, Cordova & Associates team is among the world’s best-known RIA experts. THey have designed and implemented RIA systems in over 60 countries over 30 years. Their approach is highly pragmatic and suited to each situation. The many methods used in RIA—including benefit-cost, cost-effectiveness, and least-cost tests, and partial tests such as administrative burden and small-business tests—are simply means of giving order to complex qualitative and quantitative information about the potential effects of regulatory measures. RIA is not, however, about analytical precision. Even simple analysis based on qualitative information and stakeholder consultation can help identify better and worse options.
Their Directors have been instrumental in the global spread of RIA, and their publications and research have defined many of the best of practices in RIA used today to guide country practices. Their services include:
