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Date 26 and 27 September 2023    Quito, Ecuador      

The Latin American and Caribbean Competition Forum brings together high-level competition officials each year to promote dialogue, consensus building and networking among policy makers and enforcers in the region. The 2023 Forum hosted by the Superintendencia de Control del Poder de Mercado will take place in Quito, Ecuador. It will take into account the COVID-19 situation. All related documentation will be available on this page. 

Agenda (forthcoming)

Session 1. Competition and Poverty

This session will focus on the role of competition policy for poverty reduction, considering that fighting poverty remains as a top priority to many developing countries including in Latin America and the Caribbean. It will cover the interplay between competition policy and poverty reduction, as well as the role of competition authorities to contribute to reduce poverty from both enforcement and advocacy standpoints.

All related documentation will be available on this page.

Background documentation

Call for contributions 

Background Note by the OECD (forthcoming)

 

Suggested bibliography and related links
 

OECD Competition Trends in Latin America and the Caribbean, OECD publication 2022
The Goals of Competition Policy, OECD Global Forum on Competition 2022
Purchasing Power and Buyers' Cartels, OECD Competition Policy Roundtable 2022
Government at a Glance: Latin America and the Caribbean 2020. OECD publication 2020
Competition Under Fire, OECD Global Forum on Competition 2019
The Informal Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean: Implications for Competition Policy, OECD Latin American and Competition Forum 2018
Competition and Poverty Reduction – OECD Global Forum on Competition 2013

 

See also:

Competition Law and Policy in Latin America 

OECD Competition Policy Roundtables

OECD Competition

 

 

Session 2. Peer review of Dominican Republic

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.

Founded on the willingness of a country to submit its laws and practices to substantive review by peers, the Peer Review exercise provides valuable insights to the country under study, mainly by recommending ways to improve its competition policy including the effectiveness of its competition institutions. In 2023, Dominican Republic's competition law and policy will be subject to such a review. The final report, including recommendations to strengthen Dominican Republic's competition framework will be finalised after the discussions during the Forum. 

Previous Peer Reviews in Latin American countries


2007 Follow-up Peer Reviews of
Argentina, Brazil, Chile,
Mexico and Peru
Follow-up to the Nine Peer Reviews of Competition Law and Policy of Latin American Countries - cover‌ 
2012 Follow-up Peer Reviews of
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,
El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico,
Panama and Peru

2020 Peer Review of Mexico 

 

 

2021 Peer Review of Competition in Ecuador Cover

2021 Peer Review of Ecuador

 

 

 

See also:

Peer Review of Peru, 2018

Peer Review of Costa Rica, 2014

Peer Review of Honduras, 2011

Competition Law and Policy in Latin America

 

Full list of OECD countries reviews of competition policy framework 

Session 3. Competition and Sports

Other meetings of the week 

26 September 2023 (morning): National Competition Day of Ecuador

28 September 2023 (morning): Ibero-American Forum on Competition 

28 September 2023 (afternoon): Meeting of the Group of Competition Agencies of America (GrACA)

    

This conference is a paper-smart event organised in line with OECD greening policies.
Only copies of the programme will be available in the meeting room.