18-19 September 2018 
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Session 1. Informal economy in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Scope
There is no uniform definition of the informal sector in economic literature. Research findings indicate that economic development alone does not lead to a reduction of the informal economy. Although competition authorities may contribute to the formalisation of firms operating in the informal economy through advocacy initiatives, a more direct concern is how to deal with informal firms in competition law enforcement actions and cases. This session tried to identify and discusses the impact on competition in the formal economy, as well as how competition authorities can contribute in solving informality issues and tools that are effective.
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Background documentation
Call for contributions: English | Español
Background note by the Secretariat: English | Español (to come)
Contributions from participants
Argentina: English | Español
Costa Rica (SUTEL): English | Español
Dominican Republic: English | Español
Jamaica: English | Español
Mexico (COFECE): English | Español
Peru: English | Español
United States: English | Español
CARICOM: English | Español
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Suggested bibliography
Full bibliography is in the call for contributions
- Strict Duality and Overlapping Productivity Distributions between Formal and Informal Firms
 by J. Allen, S. Nataraj, T. Schipper, April 2018
- Latin America’s Informal Economy, Some Formalisation Strategies , European Parliament, September 2016
- Measuring the Informal Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean , International Monetary Fund, April 2008
- Informal Employment and Promoting the Transition to a Salaried Economy , OECD Employment Outlook, 2004
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Presentations
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Session 2. Peer Review of Peru's Competition Law and Policy
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About Peer Reviews
The mechanisms of peer review vary, but it is founded upon the willingness of a country to submit its laws and policies to substantive questioning by other peers. The process provides valuable insights into the country under study, getting to the heart of ways in which each country deals with competition and regulatory issues, from the soundness of its competition laws to the structure and effectiveness of its competition institutions.
Peru has already undergone a first peer review in 2004. In 2007 and 2012, follow-up reviews made together with other Latin American countries also reported the progress of Peru's competition law and policy. In 2018, Peru’s competition law and policy has once again been subject to such a review. A final report should be launched soon.
Previous Peer Reviews of Peru
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2004 Peer Review of Peru |
2007 Follow-up Peer Reviews of
Argentina, Brazil, Chile,
Mexico and Peru |
2012 Follow-up Peer Reviews of
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,
El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico,
Panama and Peru |
See also:
Peer Review of Costa Rica, 2014
Peer Review of Honduras, 2011
Full list of OECD countries reviews of competition policy framework
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Session 3. Industrial policy and the promotion of domestic industry
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Scope
Industrial policy describes the set of interventions that governments use to affect the economic structure of the economy. Its success or failure therefore has a huge impact on the extent to which a country can achieve inclusive growth. Individual industrial policies can broadly be considered to have either horizontal effects on each industry, or selective effects on certain markets, sectors, firms, technologies or places. This session discussed the issues that arise and the experiences of competition agencies in Latin American and the Caribbean when encountering these policies.
Background documentation
Call for contributions: English | Español
Background note by the Secretariat: English | Español
Contributions from participants
Argentina : English | Español
Brazil (Seprac): English | Español
Mexico (COFECE): English | Español
Mexico (IFT): English | Español
Peru : English | Español
Spain: English | Español
United States: English | Español
Suggested bibliography
Full bibliography is in the call for contributions
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Presentations
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| Final session. Evaluation and future work |
