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2012 Latin American Competition Forum

 

 18-19 September 2012    Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic    

The 10th meeting of the Latin American Competition Forum took place in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on 18-19 September 2012.  It was co-organised together with the Dominican Republic Competition Authority, PRO-COMPETENCIA

 

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Session 1. Does Competition in Markets for Essential Goods and Services Reduce Poverty?

This session explored the effects of competition enforcement on poverty reduction focusing on the impact of competition in markets for essential goods and services.

 

DOCUMENTATION

Call for Country Contributions [ EnglishEspañol ]

Background Note [ English | Español ]

Contributions: 

Brazil [ English | Español ]

Chile (TDLC) [ English | Español ]

Mexico [ English | Español ]

Peru [ English | Español ]

United States (FTC) [ English | Español ]

 

Related documents

Competition and Commodities Price Volatility, 2012 Global Forum on Competition

DAC Guidelines on Poverty reduction, 2001  

 

 Session 2. Follow-up to the peer reviews of nine Latin American countries

Nine Latin American countries were previously peer reviewed by the OECD and IDB. A first follow-up of five country reviews was conducted in 2007. This session took stock of competition developments in all nine countries that have been peer reviewed, focusing on two themes:

  • the role of the competition agency in policy formation within government, and
  • selection and prioritisation of cases and non-case work.

» Access the peer review publication post-meeting

» Access the 2007 follow-up peer review of five countries

» View all nine previous reviews

Argentina
(2006)

Chile
(2010)

Colombia
(2009)

El Salvador
(2008)

Honduras
(2011)

Mexico
(2004)

Panama
(2010)

Peru
(2004)

  

 Session 3. Improving Effective Public Procurement: Fighting Collusion and Corruption

This session explored the link between collusion and corruption in public procurement with a focus on experiences in Latin America.

 

Documentation

Call for Country Contributions [ English | Español]

Background Note [ English | Español ]

Overview of OECD work on fighting bid rigging in public procurement

Guidelines for Fighting Bid Rigging in Public Procurement

 

Contributions

Chile (FNE) [ English | Español ]

Colombia [ English | Español ]

Ecuador [ English | Español ]

Mexico [ English | Español ]

Peru [ English | Español ]

Spain [ English | Español ]

United States (DOJ) [ English | Español ]

 

See also

Competition and Procurement (2011)

Collusion and Corruption in Public Procurement (2010)

Competition in Bidding Markets (2006)

Fighting bid rigging in government contracts: Mexico-OECD partnership 

 

Session 4. Competitive Neutrality

This session provided an overview of the OECD's recent report on Competitive Neutrality.  

 

Documentation

Questions for discussion [ English | Español ]

Competitive Neutrality: Maintaining a level playing field between public and private business 

 

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