Centre on Regulation and Competition
'Catch up' Network Discussion Workshop - Innovation and Enterprise in Developing Economies
Manchester, UK, May 2006
Programme/Papers
Participants
Following the very successful inaugural meeting of the Catch up network in New York in 2005, the Manchester workshop aimed to advance the research programme and produce more sharply focused research agenda. The discussion was built around short notes addressing particular research themes and setting out the ground to be covered, the principal research questions, appropriate evidence and relationship with the overall programme objectives. Fuller papers were also circulated in advance as background documents.
International Conference on Competition and Regulation Policy: Emerging Themes in Policy and Practice
Beijing, China, February 2006
Presentations: Paul Cook, Peter Robbins, Hassan Qaqaya, Gao Shi-ji
Report
Participants
Programme
An international conference was organised by the British Council in conjunction with Hong Fan. The conference was hosted by the Development Research Centre of the State Council, Institute of Market Economy . During the conference each Chinese research partner presented a final version of their research paper to an invited audience which consisted of researchers in the field and senior government officials. Papers were also given by international experts including Philippe Brusick, Head, Competition and Consumer Policies, UNCTAD, Hassan Qaqaya, Chief, Advisory Services and Capacity Building Section, UNCTAD and Peter Robbins, Lecturer in Development Studies, Open University. During the conference, each research team convened a break-out meeting which consisted of a question and answer session and a report back to the main conference. The break-out sessions were supported by a team of Manchester based researchers that included Dr Yin-Fang, Dr Ed Amann, Dr Thankom Arun and Professor Paul Cook . The conference was well attended and important policy issues were raised as a direct result of the research programme.
Regulation, Competition and Income Distribution: Latin American
Experiences
Paraty, Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 2005
Papers
This conference was a collaboration between the Department of Economics, University
of Illinois, the CRC, Manchester, and the Department of Economics at the University
of Sao Paulo, who also were local hosts and organisers. The Conference was
a continuation from the earlier CRC-Illinois conference in Illinois in April
2004.The conference theme was focussed around the connections between competition,
regulation, and income distribution and brought together researchers in this
field from the UK, the USA, and several universities in Latin America.
CRC Annual conference
Regulation, Competition and Poverty: Policy and Practice
Manchester, UK, June 2005
Papers
This workshop was the regular annual meeting of CRC partners and was intended
to draw together the cumulative research output from CRC programmes related
to the relationship between regulation, competition and poverty. Papers presented
empirical findings from a range of specific research projects in several partner
countries and emphasis was laid upon policy reforms and processes; institutional
changes and outcomes; and reflections upon conceptual and methodological issues.
The intention throughout was to elucidate the effects of regulatory and competition
policy reforms on the poor.
CRC Seminar - Mehdi Shafaeddin
Capacity Building for Industrialization; Towards an Alternative
Perspective on Trade and Industrial Policies
IDPM, Manchester, UK, May 2005
Information
Since early 1980s developing countries have embarked on deregulation of industrial
activities in general and international trade in particular with the objective
of enhancing capacity, diversification and upgrading of exports and output
in favour of manufactured goods. Studying a sample of developing countries
that have undertaken trade liberalisation and economic reform during the last
two decades the author disputes two general propositions behind recommendations
for universal and across-the-board liberalization: that import liberalization
and free trade are always conducive to economic development irrespective of
the level of development and industrial base of developing countries; that
the invisible hand of the free market is always the best instrument to promote
industrialization.
CRC/ British Council workshop
Review of the China regulation and competition research programme
Beijing, China, March 2005
Report
CRC International Conference.
Pro-poor Regulation and Competition: Issues, Policies and Practices
Cape Town, South Africa, September 2004
Papers
This conference considered the role of competition and regulation in the 'post-privatisation
phase', examining issues such as private sector development, regulatory impact
assessment and regulation and water services, amongst others.
Joint CRC/ Institute of Policy Studies, Sri Lanka workshop
Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA)
Sri Lanka, June 2004
Report
The aim of this workshop was to examine the regulatory environment in Sri
Lanka, understand how RIA is practised in OECD and developing countries and
then develop a template for RIA in Sri Lanka. The workshop was highly successful
in attracting over 100 participants and generating plans for further RIA work
in Sri Lanka.
Joint CRC/ University of Illinois, USA Conference
The Regulation of Development and the Development of Regulation
Illinois, USA, 23-24 April 2004
Papers
CRC, in conjunction with the University of Illinois, held a conference 'The
Regulation of Development and the Development of Regulation' in April 2004.
Papers from the conference appear in a special issue (May 2005) of the journal
'Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance' published by Elsevier. There are
also plans to produce a book, based on the papers, in the Competition, Regulation
and Development series published by Edward Elgar.
CRC workshop
Regulatory Impact Assessment
Ghana, March 2004
Report
This workshop was held in conjunction with the Institute of Statistical, Social
and Economic Research, University of Ghana. The programme was led by Professors
Ernest Aryeetey, Colin Kirkpatrick and David Parker and attended by representatives
of regulatory agencies and government departments. The workshop acted as a
vehicle for the launch of a national forum on regulation in Ghana and to agreement
for several pilot RIA studies to be undertaken by ISSER in partnership with
the regulatory authorities.
CRC/ British Council workshop
Review of the China regulation and competition research programme
Beijing, China, March 2004
Report
CRC Conference
Regulatory Impact Assessment
Manchester, UK, 26-27 November 2003
Papers
CRC held it's first conference on RIA at the Chancellors Conference Centre,
University of Manchester, UK. It was called 'Regulatory Impact Assessment:
Strengthening Regulation Policy and Practice'.
CRC Seminar
Incentive Regulation and Efficient Pricing
Monica Giulietti, Aston Business School and Catherine Waddams Price,
Centre for Competition and Regulation, University of East Anglia
Manchester, UK, 21 November 2003
Powerpoint
CRC International conference
Innovation and Change in Regulation and Competition
Philippines, October 2003
Papers
There is now considerable interest in economic reforms that aim to increase
competitiveness and promote more efficient economic and social regulation.
There have been substantial reforms in industrialised economies, which have
generally provided the models now being introduced and adapted in developing
economies. The aim of this conference was to consider and analyse this process
of policy innovation and the effects of these changes, considering the legal,
administrative and economic impacts, as well as the related political and
social consequences.
CRC/University of Stellenbosch Capacity Building Workshop
Workshop for South African Regulators
September, 2003, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Report
This workshop aimed to identify current issues faced by regulators with regard
to competition policy and regulatory governance; to explore the nature of
capacity building measures to improve the performance of regulatory agencies;
to highlight the internal management components that are central to capacity
building activities; to explore the idea that regulatory agencies require
management approaches and skills of a higher order compared to those traditionally
prevailing in the public sector; and to initiate and exchange of ideas on
how to make regulatory agencies more effective.
CRC/ CARR/ Aston Business School Joint Workshop
Risk Regulation, Accountability and Development
Manchester, UK, June 2003
Papers
This workshop brought together a range of cross-disciplinary perspectives
on risk regulation. The intention was to analyse the ways in which current
regulatory reform models based on practice in industrialised economies are
being applied and adapted internationally, especially in developing economies.
Overall, the objective of the various sessions was to explore the most appropriate
policies for the improvement of regulatory capacity in developing economies,
while also contributing to theoretical debates.
CRC seminar, Rajan Dhanjee, UNCTAD
International Co-operation on Competition Policy - Interaction with Trade
and Development
Manchester, UK, November 2002
CRC Workshop
Workshops for Regulators and Staff of Competition Agencies
National Institute of Public Administration, Malaysia (INTAN), October 2002
Report
This workshop aimed to generate an exchange of views between regulators on
issues faced in making regulation and competition policy effective; to understand
the types of capacity building measures necessary for effective regulation;
to identify ways in which research on regulatory practice and competition
policy may assist regulators in resolving problems faced; and to promote a
continuing dialogue between regulators on good practices in regulation.
CRC seminar - Julian L. Clarke and Simon J. Evenett
The Deterrent Effects of National Anti-Cartel Laws: Evidence from the International
Vitamins Cartel
Manchester, UK, September 2002
Paper
CRC International Workshop
Regulation, Competition and Development: Setting a New Agenda
Papers
Manchester, UK, September 2002
This workshop built on a previous workshop, held in February 2001, which concentrated
on identifying the key issues in regulation and competition, by reviewing
and developing new approaches for research into regulation and competition
in developing countries. The workshop provided and end-of-year outlet for
the work of the CRC and enabled us to get valuable external feedback on the
ways in which we intended to take our research forward.
Papers