What Do We Know about Competition Agencies in Emerging and Transition Countries? Evidence on Workload, Personnel, Priority Sectors, and Training Needs

What Do We Know about Competition Agencies in Emerging and Transition Countries? Evidence on Workload, Personnel, Priority Sectors, and Training Needs

During 2003, the World Bank Institute sent a needs assessment questionnaire to 48 competition agencies in transition and emerging countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Responses were classified according to the World Bank's ana...

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Main Author:	Serebrisky, Tomas
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:	COMPETITION POLICIES HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION & TRAINING PERSONNEL INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION MARKET FORECASTING SECTORAL LEGISLATION WORKLOAD AGRICULTURE ANTITRUST LAW ANTITRUST LAWS CAPACITY BUILDING COLLABORATION COLLUSION COMPETITION LAW COMPETITION POLICY CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONSUMERS DECISION MAKERS DEMAND ELASTICITY DEREGULATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DIVISION OF LABOR ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMISTS ELASTICITY FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL RESOURCES GAME THEORY GNP INFORMATION DISCLOSURE LABOR MARKET LABOR PRODUCTIVITY MARKET STRUCTURE MERGERS MONOPOLIES NATURAL MONOPOLY POSTAL SECTOR PREDATORY PRICING PRICE DISCRIMINATION PRICE ELASTICITIES PRICE FIXING PRICE MAINTENANCE PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAMS REGULATORY AGENCIES REGULATORY AGENCY REGULATORY REFORM RELEVANT MARKETS SALES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELECOM SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRAINING COURSES TRANSITION ECONOMIES WILLINGNESS TO PAY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/02/3933061/know-competition-agencies-emerging-transition-countries-evidence-workload-personnel-priority-sectors-training-needs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14734

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Summary:	During 2003, the World Bank Institute sent a needs assessment questionnaire to 48 competition agencies in transition and emerging countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Responses were classified according to the World Bank's analytical regional grouping and the evidence allows a cross-regional comparison of competition agencies' workload, personnel, priority sectors, and training needs. The view of competition authorities as a homogenous group across countries and regions can be discarded. The analysis of the needs assessment questionnaire shows that there are significant heterogeneities among competition agencies' mandates, exempted sectors, professional personnel endowment, and capacity needs. An important lesson for the design of training courses is that competition agencies do not need introductory courses. There is a significant demand for training on substance, on how to solve day-to-day technically challenging cases. Responses confirm the growing importance of competition policy issues in infrastructure services (such as market foreclosure and access to essential facilities) and the need to foster coordination between sector regulators and competition agencies.