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 [ English| Español ] Background Note [ English | Español ] Contributions: Chile (TDLC) [ 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
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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:
» Access the peer review publication post-meeting » Access the 2007 follow-up peer review of five countries » View all nine previous reviews
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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 ] 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
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Session 4. Competitive Neutrality |
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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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