{"id":9340,"date":"2017-01-15T09:42:02","date_gmt":"2017-01-15T09:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kohelet.org.il\/article\/regulatory-reform-in-israel\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T09:35:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T09:35:33","slug":"regulatory-reform-in-israel","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.kohelet.org.il\/en\/article\/regulatory-reform-in-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Better Regulation in Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This paper describes a government-wide approach to regulatory reform prompted by<br>the emerging understanding that Israel&#8217;s severe regulatory burden is a primary driver of<br>economic dormancy and the high cost of living. After discussing regulation and &#8220;better<br>regulation&#8221;, explaining the challenges born of bad regulation and reviewing insights<br>from other countries in the world, a proposal is laid out for a regime of better<br>regulation in Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See the English version <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kohelet.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Regulation-Optimization.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This paper describes a government-wide approach to regulatory reform prompted bythe emerging understanding that Israel&#8217;s severe regulatory burden is a primary driver ofeconomic dormancy and the high cost of living. 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