OECD - Regulatory Policy in Argentina

The country reviews on regulatory policy are co-ordinated by the Directorate of Public Governance, under the responsibility of Marcos Bonturi, and are carried out by the Regulatory Policy Division, headed by Nick Malyshev.

The work underlying this review was led by Manuel Gerardo Flores, Senior Economist, and by Andres Blancas, Economist. The following team members took primary responsibility for different sections of the review: Andres Blancas, Gloriana Madrigal and Manuel Gerardo Flores for context for regulatory policy and for policies and institutions; Delia Vazquez and Manuel Gerardo Flores for ex ante assessment of regulations; Gloriana Madrigal for administrative simplification; Andres Blancas for the governance of regulators; and Guillermo Morales and Andrea Perez for multilevel regulatory governance. Erik Perez provided research assistance. Adriana Garcia also contributed to the work. Marcos Bonturi, Nick Malyshev, Andrea Uhrhammer, Barbara Ubaldi and Arturo Rivera provided feedback to improve drafts of the report. Claudia Paupe lent administrative and organisation support. Jennifer Stein co-ordinated the editorial process.

The team included three peer reviewers from the members of the OECD Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC), who participated in the policy peer mission to Argentina and provided extensive input and feedback throughout the development of the review: Ruth Harries, Deputy Director, Better Regulation Executive, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, United Kingdom; Wendy Liberante , Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, United States of America; and Hector Salas Camacho, at the time General Coordinator of Institutional Regulatory Improvement, National Regulatory Improvement Commission, Mexico.

The review is based on information collected through a questionnaire in January 2018. The review team also held meetings in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in February and April 2018, with a wide range of stakeholders, including government officials from several ministries and government agencies, representatives from the academia and business community, and experts in regulatory topics.

A draft of the review was discussed at the OECD Regulatory Policy Committee in November 2018. Thanks are extended to all members for their input and comments.

The report would not have been possible without the support of the government of Argentina. The OECD Secretariat is grateful to Pablo Clusellas, Legal and Technical Secretary of the Office of the President, Eduardo Martelli, Secretary for Administrative Modernisation, and Marcelo Scaglione, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Treasury. The team would like also to thank in particular Victoria Marco and her team, and Juan Ignacio Carranza for the unique assistance in collecting data and information, organising the OECD teams missions to Argentina and providing invaluable feedback and inputs at the different stages of the development of the review.