2023 Latin American and Caribbean Competition Forum
28-29 September 2023 
Quito, Ecuador
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The 21st meeting of the Latin American Competition Forum took place on 28-29 September 2023 in Quito, Ecuador. It was hosted by the Superintendencia de Competencia Económica and co-organised by the OECD and the IDB.
PROGRAMME AND DOCUMENTS: Agenda • Orden del día
Summary record • Pictures
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Session 1. Competition and Poverty |
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Fighting poverty has remained a top priority and a key challenge to many countries including in Latin America and the Caribbean. Poverty eradication appears, for instance, as the first of seventeen objectives of sustainable development established by the United Nations. The region was also particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which gave rise to the worst recession in the region in the last 100 years. This session focused 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 covered 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. BACKGROUND DOCUMENTATION Call for contributions English | Español Background Note by the OECD Secretariat English | Español
Dominican Republic English | Español United States English | Español
Eleanor Fox Bio Taimoon Stewart Bio Catalina Medel Lucas Bio
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SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND RELATED LINKS OECD Competition Trends in Latin America and the Caribbean, OECD publication 2022 |
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Session 2. Peer review of Dominican Republic |
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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 was subject to such a review. The final report, including recommendations to strengthen Dominican Republic's competition framework was launched in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on 22 January 2024 in presence of in presence of Vice President Raquel Peña and several ministers, María Elena Vásquez Taveras (President, Procompetencia), Frederic Jenny (Chair, Competition Committee), Mario Umaña (Lead Expert, IDB) and many other high-level local representatives.
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Session 3. Competition and Sports
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Sports are embedded in national cultures and are a relevant tool in the promotion of social development, such as crime reduction, health improvement and social cohesion. Football is the most popular sport in continental Latin America, while baseball is the prime sport in the Caribbean. Other sports are also popular in the region, such as athletics, basketball, boxing, car racing, cricket, horse racing, tennis, and volleyball. In addition to the social and cultural dimension of sports, its economic importance has increasingly become evident in the last decades. In this context, the session will explore key competition issues related to the sports industry including competition in the organisation of sports leagues (e.g. existence of a monopoly and potential abusive behaviour by league organisers), sports broadcasting rights, the sale of tickets to sports events, and sports labour markets. Background documentation Call for contributions English | Español Background Note by the OECD Secretariat English | Español
Contributions from participants United States English | Español
Speakers Ben Van Rompuy Bio Marcela Mattiuzzo Bio María Claudia Martinez Bio
Presentations
Suggested bibliography (Full bibliography available in the call for contributions) The Competitive Effects of Sports Exclusivity, Klein, T., 2023 Competition law and sports governance: disentangling a complex relationship, World Competition Law and Economics Review, v. 45, n. 3, pp. 323-350. Colomo, P. I., 2022 Competition issues in the sale of audiovisual rights for major sports events, UNCTAD 2018 Competition Issues in Television and Broadcasting, OECD Best Practice Roundtables, 2013 Competition and Sports, OECD Best Practice Roundtables, 2010 Competition Issues related to Sports, OECD Best Practice Roundtables, 1996 |
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Other meetings of the week |
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27 September 2023 (morning): National Competition Day of Ecuador English | Español 27 September 2023 (afternoon): Ibero-American Forum on Competition English | Español 27 September 2023 (end of the afternoon): Meeting of the Group of Competition Agencies of America (GrACA) English | Español |
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