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The contribution of trans-governmental networks of regulators to international regulatory co-operation

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  • Kenneth W. Abbott

    (Arizona State University)

  • Céline Kauffmann

    (OECD)

  • Jeong-Rim Lee

    (Asian Harmonization Working Party)

Abstract

This study takes stock of the membership, governance structure, operational mode and regulatory power of trans-governmental networks of regulators (TGNs). It contributes to a greater OECD project aimed at building greater understanding of the benefits and pitfalls of various approaches to international regulatory co-operation (IRC) as identified in OECD (2013), International Regulatory Co-operation: Addressing Global Challenges.In order to fill the knowledge gap, this study provides a working definition of TGNs, maps existing cases, and analyses their key features. It relies on information gathered for this study on 144 TGNs. It analyses the substantive fields in which TGNs operate as well as differences in membership and other structural features. It discusses the range of regulatory activities in which TGNs engage and analyses the advantages and the disadvantages of TGNs as mechanisms for IRC, based on a review of the large and growing scholarly literature. It provides a new database on the topic, as well short case studies of three significant but structurally dissimilar TGNs: the Asian Harmonization Working Party (AHWP) on medical devices, the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS), and the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH).

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  • Kenneth W. Abbott & Céline Kauffmann & Jeong-Rim Lee, 2018. "The contribution of trans-governmental networks of regulators to international regulatory co-operation," OECD Regulatory Policy Working Papers 10, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:govaah:10-en
    DOI: 10.1787/538ff99b-en
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    1. Mathias Koenig-Archibugi, 2021. "Alexandru Grigorescu. 2020. The Ebb and Flow of Global Governance: Intergovernmentalism versus Nongovernmentalism in World Politics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)," The Review of International Organizations, Springer, vol. 16(2), pages 467-470, April.
    2. Abbott, Kenneth W. & Faude, Benjamin, 2022. "Hybrid institutional complexes in global governance," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 109882, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    3. Derek Gill & Edo Setyadi, 2020. "Under the Radar: International Regulatory Cooperation in ASEAN and New Zealand," Working Papers PB-2020-08, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).

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    JEL classification:

    • F5 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy
    • F53 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - International Agreements and Observance; International Organizations
    • F55 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - International Institutional Arrangements
    • F59 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - Other
    • H7 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations
    • K2 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law
    • K33 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - International Law

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