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The main objective of regulatory policy is to improve the daily lives of citizens through clear and effective rules. Laws and regulations affect all areas of business and life. They determine the contours of our safety and lifestyle, the ease of doing business and may help the achievement of societal and environmental goals. While good regulation is conducive to economic growth and well-being, inadequate regulation endangers both.
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Since 2012, the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) has worked to simplify its administrative formalities, benefiting citizens and businesses. Administrative simplification has led to a reduction in the number of data requirements that users or businesses must submit as part of an administrative formality, the simplification of forms and the use of plain language, among others.
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This chapter explains the importance and links between regulatory policy, administrative simplification and the improvement of regulatory procedures. It also describes the nature of administrative burdens generated by government procedures and how its measurement contributes to strengthen administrative simplification programmes. It explains the Standard Cost Model as a technique to measure administrative burdens. Finally, it identifies the IMSS procedures analysed in this report and provides a brief explanation of the methodology used to measure burdens. The annex includes a detailed description of the methodology.
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This chapter introduces administrative burdens triggered by procedures carried out in the IMSS. The first section shows the total aggregate administrative burdens by procedure version – in person, online and mobile application – and compares it to its total population. Furthermore, it includes the unitary and total administrative burdens organised by IMSS’ administrative area, with an emphasis on procedures that can be carried out through digital means. The chapter concludes with the Institute’s procedures that represent 81% of total administrative burdens.
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This chapter presents the impact of reducing administrative burdens generated by the Institute’s procedures. The decrease in burdens is a result of simplification and digitisation processes, which started in 2012. A decline in information requirements, accompanied by improved formats and submission of information through a computer or smartphone led to less person-hours devoted to carry out formalities. The impact is measured as an aggregate for the IMSS and is shown by administrative co-ordination for 84 procedures analysed in this report.
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This chapter addresses the potential savings in administrative burdens that the IMSS could achieve from further improving its procedures. The estimate is based on the targets established by each administrative co-ordination in consultation with the OECD. The targets include digitisation of procedures and an increase in population using those. Potential savings are shown on an aggregated basis in the IMSS, and by administrative co-ordination. Finally, an estimate of savings is provided in the case digital efforts and procedures were to increase.
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This chapter includes a summary of the key findings. Additionally, it compares the reduction of administrative burdens that the IMSS achieved to similar experiences in OECD countries. The final section presents a list of recommendations to boost the Institute’s administrative simplification strategy.
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