The Economic Characteristics of Developing Jurisdictions: Their Implications for Competition Law contributes to the ongoing debate over what type of competition law and policy is most suitable for developing jurisdictions.

Contents: Introduction Michal S. Gal and Mor Bakhoum PART I THE ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF DEVELOPING JURISDICTIONS 1. Competition Law and the Economic Characteristics of Developing Countries Simon J. Evenett 2. What Features Measure Economic Competition in Developing Countries? Ignacio L. De Leon 3. Lifting the Veil: Rethinking the Classification of Developing Economies for Competition Law and Policy Tamar Indig and Michal S. Gal 4. Economic Structure and Competition Policy Application in Latin American countries Diego Petrecolla, Esteban M. Greco, Carlos A. Romero and Juan P. Vila-Martínez 5. Understanding the Economic Factors That Have Affected China’s Antimonopoly Law Pin Ling and Yue Qiao PART II: SELECT COMPETITION-RELATED ISSUES AFFECTING DEVELOPING JURISDICTIONS 6. Competition Issues Affecting the Agricultural Sector in Selected Developing Countries: Key Findings from Selected UNCTAD Market Studies Ulla Schwager 7. The Informal Economy and its Interface with Competition Law and Policy Mor Bakhoum 8. Bid Rigging and it’s Interface with Corruption David Lewis PART III IMPLICATIONS FOR COMPETITION LAW 9. Generating Instead of Protecting Competition Oliver Budzinsky and Maryam H.A. Beigi 10. Adapting the Role of Economics in Competition Law: A Developing Country Dilemma David J. Gerber 11. Consumer Welfare and Consumer Harm: Adjusting Competition Law and Policies to the Needs of Developing Jurisdictions Josef Drexl 12. Drafting Competition Law for Developing Jurisdictions: Learning from Experience Michal S. Gal and Eleanor M. Fox 13 Abuses of Dominance in Developing Countries: A View from the South, With an Eye on Telecoms Javier Tapia and Simon Roberts Index

'This book - an edited collection of contributions by distinguished development economists and competition law specialists - develops a powerful case against a ''one size fits all'' approach to designing competition laws for developed and developing countries. With respect to the latter, differences in economic characteristics require re-thinking of the traditional objectives and instruments of intervention adopted by competition laws. . . . This impressive volume substantially advances the research and public policy-making agenda in this hitherto under-attended area of law and development.' --Michael Trebilcock, University of Toronto, Canada'This book is required reading for anyone seriously interested in the issue of competition law in developing countries. The authors offer a thoughtful, precise and relevant analysis of the economic characteristics of developing countries and derive from this analysis a nuanced, dynamic, inclusive and flexible approach to competition law in those countries. They sketch the contours of a simple competition law primarily aimed at promoting the emergence of well functioning efficient markets and at fighting market foreclosures, in particular by dominant firms. This reinterpretation of competition law and its objectives provides us with a much needed, original and solid overall framework for thinking about the challenges of competition law in developing countries.' --Frédéric Jenny, École Supérieure des Sciences Économiques et Commerciales, France