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Measuring Legislative Predictability: The Case of the Kingdom of Jordan and Implications for the MENA Region

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dc.contributor.authorFazekas, Mihály
dc.contributor.authorBrenner, Dominik
dc.contributor.authorLadegaard, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-16T18:01:31Z
dc.date.available2024-08-16T18:01:31Z
dc.date.issued2024-08-16
dc.description.abstractLaws and regulations represent a central tool for governments to achieve policy objectives, and they also represent a fundamental condition for making desirable individual and business decisions. While laws and regulations regularly have to be adapted to changing circumstances, frequent and sudden modifications indicate legislative unpredictability and are expected to impose considerable costs on citizens and businesses. Legislative predictability is assumed to be the consequence of high-quality laws, and existing evidence shows that regulatory management systems indeed impact legislative predictability. This paper proposes and implements an innovative legislative big data analytics approach to measuring legislative predictability in the Kingdom of Jordan and selected global comparator countries. It also maps out the feasibility of such an approach for the wider Middle East and North Africa region. Legislative data gathered from official government sources point to the high frequency of modifications in Jordan compared to a wide range of countries where data are available Around 10 to 15 percent of the original laws have been modified within 24 months of enactment over the past 20 years. In addition to prevalent modifications of new laws, even older laws face a comparatively high risk of modification in Jordan. Additional data collection following the template outlined in this paper could deliver a comparative data set, enabling a better understanding of the drivers and trends of legislative predictability and hence better evidence-based policies.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099544308122417765/IDU1b992addf13d87147f919f3b13ed1ed693550
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10864
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/42052
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; 10864
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectREGULATORY IMPACT ASSESSMENT
dc.subjectREGULATORY GOVERNANCE AND TRANSPARENCY
dc.subjectJORDAN
dc.subjectREGULATORY MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectLEGISLATIVE PREDICABILITY
dc.subjectPEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectSDG 16
dc.titleMeasuring Legislative Predictabilityen
dc.title.subtitleThe Case of the Kingdom of Jordan and Implications for the MENA Regionen
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.crossref.titleMeasuring Legislative Predictability: The Case of the Kingdom of Jordan and Implications for the MENA Region
okr.date.disclosure2024-08-16
okr.date.lastmodified2024-08-12T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099544308122417765/IDU1b992addf13d87147f919f3b13ed1ed693550
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10864
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10864
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34376409
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34376409
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okr.region.administrativeMiddle East and North Africa
okr.region.countryJordan
okr.sectorCentral Government (Central Agencies)
okr.themePublic Administration,Public Sector Management,Transparency, Accountability and Good Governance
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Financial Regulation & Supervision
okr.topicLaw and Development::Financial Law
okr.topicGovernance::Governance and the Financial Sector
okr.unitEFI-MNA-GOV-FM & PS (EMNGU)
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