Government
& Regulatory Authorities
Government
& Regulatory Authorities
Governments today are influenced by civil society, the use of the Internet, supra-national organisations such as the IMF or World Bank, the third sector, private enterprises and trans-national corporations. How should governments react to such pressures? In addition greater demands are being made on governments to produce public value, a concept which in essence requires governments to do more with less financial provision. In such challenging times the traditional concept of national sovereignty is slowly diminishing. Actions in one country greatly influence the ability to act in another. Undertaking proper policy analysis and assessment is now of greater importance. Such policy analysis and assessments must be done by people not from the business sector as their concepts distort the true nature and role of governments but by people who understand the policy development cycle and the stake-holders. For details of our services ...
Regulators today faced diverse challenges because of the existence of different and sometimes competing interest of the various stakeholders. Yet regulators too have various regulatory tools that it can use to achieve the policy outcome. Knowing when to use the different regulatory tools and the ability to promote the policy outcome are key considerations for the future of regulation. Regulators today are required to ensure that their regulatory tools do not create inefficiencies or distort the market. Facing and overcoming these challenges require robust, insightful and imaginative analysis and solutions, which we at firstprinciples are proud of. For details of our services ...
firstprinciples
brings to the table the skills and approaches that are not confined to one
discipline, but is able to see different impacts and implications through our
trans-disciplinary
approach
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Read about the details of our tailored services. We fit our services to your needs.
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We are able to advise and assist Governments in these areas:
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By bringing together skills from policy analysis, economic theory and practice, behavioural science, Psychology research and evaluation we are able to provide a more robust and effective analysis and solution design in policy design work. This is because all policy is affected by human thought and behaviour, often to an extent to which governments are not conventionally aware. We apply expertise in psychological knowledge and research, public policy, economics and law to find solutions to issues faced by policymakers. |
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We are able to advise and assist Regulatory Authorities in these areas: We focus on the needs and requirements of regulators of Network Industries (specifically Information & Communication Technologies, Power, Transport, Media) and specifically in the area of Competition & Fair Trade, and covers such areas:
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By understanding the dynamics affecting regulators, better safeguards can be developed to avoid regulatory capture or minimise the pursuit of perverse incentives by the regulated firms |
