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CASE 3: Peru

The major challenges facing Peru’s competition authority today are to modernize its communications network and deal with the consequences of trade agreements the country has signed with other nations. (Mayu Mohanna / © Indecopi)

In Peru, advocacy is key to implementing competition policy.

If it plays its cards right, a competition authority can instill fair-market values within a society. Early on, Peru’s competition authority created allies, educated the public, and found innovative ways to make competition policy work in a developing economy.

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IDRC Digital Library: research outputs from project 102003

Project summary:

Tailor Made Competition Policy in a Standardizing World: The Experience of Peru
(102003)

Document(s)

CASE STUDY: Peru 2008
In Peru, advocacy is key to implementing competition policy. Open file

Competition Law in Action: Experiences from Developing Countries Taimoon Stewart, Julian Clarke, and Susan Joekes
2007-05-28
This book, released in May 2007, distils the lessons arising from a body of IDRC-financed research for the effective implementation of competition law.

Competition, Competitiveness and Development: Lessons from Developing Countries Brusick, Philippe et al (eds). United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. 2004
The publication, in exploring the role of competition policy in development strategies, shows how well-designed and implemented competition policy that is appropriate to different developing country circumstances can contribute to overall development goals, such as international competitiveness, productivity, and enterprise and employment creation.

Examples of cases studied by the project (Peru, 1995-2000) 2008

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