Fighting corruption and promoting competition

‌2014 OECD GLOBAL FORUM ON COMPETITION DISCUSSES THE
FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION

Three years after discussing Collusion and Corruption in Public Procurement at their 2011 meeting, participants at the 2014 Global Forum on Competition discussed how anti-competitive behaviour and corruption interact through the corruption of business licensing processes or other types of regulation to restrict entry. More general links between corruption and anti-competitive behaviour were addressed such as public and judicial attitudes to these two abuses, as well as the links between institutions engaged in fighting them.

Participants shared relevant cases from their own jurisdictions and also any formal or informal agreements with anti-corruption institutions.

Issues discussed included:

How do we define corruption?
What factors favour the emergence or persistence of corruption?
What are the policy levers to limit or eradicate corruption?
How does the development of a competition policy help in the fight against corruption?

Four experts and the Forum keynote speaker, Ms Obiageli Ezekwesili (co-founder or Transparency International) interacted with participants during this discussion.

SUMMARY DOCUMENTS

Executive Summary with key findings | Synthèse

Detailed summary of the discussion | Compte rendu

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Angel Gurría talks about the fight against corruption at the Chatham House Conference on Combating Global Corruption on 3 Feb 2014.

Collusion and corruption in public procurement (2011, pdf)

CleanGovBiz initiative

Global Forum on Competition Home Page

Competition Home Page ‌

GLOBAL FORUM SESSION DOCUMENTATION

Full Global Forum Programme | Forum Pictures

Panellists, related papers and presentations

Background Note by David Lewis | Note de Référence par David Lewis

Obiageli EZEKWESILI (Co-founder of Transparency International)
Michael KRAMER (Attorney of law and co-founder of International Anti-corruption Resource Centre, US) presenting Collusive Bidding by Contractors English | Français
Drago KOS (Chairman of the OECD Working Group on Bribery)
David LEWIS (Executive Director, Corruption Watch, South Africa) presenting Fighting Corruption and Promoting Competition - Background Note English | Français | PPT
Tina SØREIDE (Post-doc researcher in law and economics, University of Bergen, Norway) presenting Fighting Corruption and Promoting Competition
English | Français | PPT