The Core Challenge
A nation’s overall competitiveness is shaped by its foundational rules of the game. Outdated or misaligned cross-cutting policies—in areas like trade, investment, taxation, and land—create a high-cost, unpredictable environment that stifles all sectors. Without a systematic review, these horizontal barriers remain invisible, undermining even the best sector-specific strategies.
Our Solution
We conduct a comprehensive audit of your economy-wide policy and institutional framework to identify the horizontal reforms that will lower the cost of doing business for all. We benchmark your framework against peer and aspirational economies to create a prioritized, actionable agenda for improving the general business climate.
Why It Works for You
- Reduces economy-wide costs: Improves the business environment for all firms and investors.
- Signals pro-business reform: Demonstrates a credible commitment to competitiveness.
- Enables sector strategies: Provides the foundation for effective sector interventions.
What We Deliver
- Cross-cutting reform agenda: Priority economy-wide policy and regulatory reforms.
- Competitiveness benchmarking: Comparison with regional peers and global best practices.
- Institutional efficiency review: Assessment of key agencies’ performance and transparency.
- Phased modernization roadmap: Sequenced reforms starting with quick wins.
Our Approach (The “How”)
- Diagnostic benchmarking: Identify regulatory gaps using global indices and peer comparisons.
- Stakeholder & Firm Interviews and Surveys: We conduct broad-based interviews and focus groups with a diverse range of businesses to gather evidence on the most costly and time-consuming administrative and regulatory hurdles.
- Regulatory mapping: Assess laws and their cumulative impact on investment and operations.
- Prioritization workshop: Align ministries on feasible, high-impact reform sequencing.
- Reform roadmap: Deliver a time-bound plan with ownership and KPIs.
