The SYMPOSIUM
is part of a CUTS Research Project
“
Competition,
Regulation and
Development
Research
Forum
(CDRF)
The
working of competition and regulatory regimes in
developing countries shows that while good laws are
being drafted, the intent gets diminished in their
implementation due to peculiar political economy and
governance constraints.
There
are both good and bad examples in the developing
world, which are not captured in research as cogently
as would be desirable for new institutions elsewhere
to apply in their own context. Further, the public
discourse is nearly absent.
Against
this backdrop, CUTS International has undertaken a
research programme entitled “Competition,
Regulation and Development Research Forum (CDRF)”,
to stimulate research and deliberations on competition
and regulatory implementation issues in developing
countries.
The
programme would be implemented through research cycles
comprising of writing of research papers (based on an
open call for papers), a symposium to discuss papers
and the publication of a research volume. The first
research cycle is being organised on the theme of
‘Institutional issues covering political economy and
governance constraints in implementing regulatory
regimes in the developing world’, and is supported by
DFID, UK and IDRC, Canada.
For more on the project, please visit:
As part
of the unique research programme, CUTS Center for
Competition, Investment & Economic Regulation (CUTS C-CIER)
and CUTS Institute for Regulation & Competition (CIRC)
jointly organised a Research Symposium, “Political
Economy Constraints in Regulatory Regimes in
Developing Countries” from March 22-24, 2007 in New
Delhi.
About 40 Experts from varied fields related to the
subject matter of the Symposium having experience of
dealing with competition and regulatory issues
participated as panellists. The rich tapestry of
experts was from regulatory agencies, competition
commissions, government departments, reputed
universities, research community, legal and others.
For those who
missed out on attending the momentous two and a half
day research symposium, here is another opportunity.
You can now watch archived webcast of the programme
at the given link:
http://www.circ.in Don't Miss this
Opportunity!!
A snapshot of the issues that emerged out of the 20
odd papers under the First Research Cycle of the
project and which were presented during the
Symposium have been captured in an outcome paper
titled
“Politics Trumps Economics – Lessons and
experiences on competition and regulatory regimes
from developing countries” available at:
Politics_Trumps_Economics
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