Competition policy
- Comparing EU free trade agreements: competition policy and state aid
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The aim of this short paper is to provide a an overview of competition policy and state aid provisions, of the various trade agreements (FTAs) recently concluded by the European Union with developing countries. All recent bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) concluded by the European Union (EU) have included provisions on competition issues, albeit to very different degrees of detail.
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- How to find the proper balance of competition and innovation protection
- ( A. Pham / CUTS Institute for Regulation and Competition (CIRC) , 2008)
- The relationship between competition law and intellectual property rights (IPRs) policy is sometimes mistakenly regarded as pure contradiction. This working paper examines the interface between compet...
- Lessons from Brazil's export boom in the last three decades
- ( R. Bonelli;A.C. Pinheiro / Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) , 2008)
- This study examines Brazil’s export discoveries; particularly in aircraft, cell phones and swine meat. Statistical records in the past three decades reveal that exports of all main categories of...
- Liberalising services to generate both growth and employment in developing countries
- ( S. Karmakar / Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations , 2008)
- Services have become the main source of growth in even the lowest income developing countries. ...
- Should countries enforce competition laws?
- ( S. Joekes;P. Evans / International Development Research Centre , 2008)
- This paper seeks to demonstrate the importance of true and fair competition to sustainable development and an effective marketplace. It touches on issues of globalisation, consumer welfare, cartels an...
Mobilising the political will to address the "commodities problem"
- ( S. Asfaha / ActionAid International , 2008)
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Commodity price fluctuation hinders economic development for commodity-exporting developing countries. It translates into export earning fluctuations, which results in reduced domestic investment i...
- The flawed rationale for a customs union and other challenges for Southern African regional integration
- ( A. Bösl;W. Breytenbach;T. Hartzenberg / Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit , 2007)
- External and internal developments have raised the regional integration agenda in southern Africa to a new level. However, the region remains committed to a linear model of regional integration: a cus...
- Enhancing international competitiveness in India
- ( N. Kumar;K.J. Joseph / Research and Information System for the Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries, India , 2007)
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Why are some Indian firms more competitive exporters than others? This policy brief provides an analysis of the firm-level determinants of export competitiveness in India.
Factors influ... Ideas for stabilising oil prices
- ( G. Luciani / Gulf Research Centre , 2007)
- Over the course of 2007 oil prices have doubled. If prices continue to rise in this manner the world economy will suffer as will major oil exporters. The Gulf Research Center discusses three possible ...
- Innovations in institutional arrangements for regulation and competition in small and micro-states: Caribbean
- ( CUTS Institute for Regulation and Competition (CIRC) , 2005)
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Regulatory institutions of the Caribbean states have historically been modelled after the UK and US approaches. This paper questions whether such frameworks are suitable for small developing countr...
- New powers for global change?: Brazil as a regional player and an emerging global power: foreign policy strategies and the impact on the new international order
- ( P. Roberto de Almeida / Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V. , 2007)
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Brazil is increasingly becoming an important player in world politics, both within the South American context and globally as one of the so-called BRICs. This essay examines the main lines of Brazi...
