Competition Policy and Regulation
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About the Topic:
In today’s fast changing global environment, a competition policy is required to establish and maintain a market structure that promotes competition. Hence, the regulators, in conjunction with the other market players need to focus upon competition aspects of regulation including how to deal with anti-competitive forces, strengthening competitive forces, and competition in natural monopolies. Competition is the driver for businesses to improve their performance, develop new products and respond to changing circumstances. Effective competition in the provision of products and services has demonstrated that it will deliver lower prices, improved efficiency, and improved choice for consumers, and higher economic growth.
The theme broadly covers the following topics:
- Competition Policy: Objectives and Scope for Competition
- Regulation of Market Competition
- Development of Competitive Markets – Key Steps
- Institutional aspects of the relationship between regulation and competition policy
- Interconnection and third party access
- Limitation of competition as an instrument to promote efficiency especially in small insular economies
This Online Discussion is intended as a “curtain raiser” or a “warm up session” for the workshops to be held at this year’s AGM. It will help Members to get introduced to the issues involved, and raise the challenges being faced by them. It will also help the trainers become better acquainted with issues and views of the Members, and fine-tuning the content of workshops.
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Institutional approach to regulation and competition in South Asian infrastructure sectors
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