Catalog

Competition Law
Toolkit
Updated: 18 January 2007

This toolkit provides countries with tools for implementing and assessing policies that will increase competition, and thereby the competitiveness of their economies as a whole. The toolkit contains

• links to websites containing further information about competition regimes;
• references to relevant laws, administrative guidance, policy statements, academic literature and other sources; and
• links to existing glossaries of terms relevant to competition law.

Who can benefit from the toolkit?

The toolkit is useful for

• competition and regulatory agencies;
• other government offices;
• lawyers, economists and experts in the field; and
• the general public, including students and non-government organizations, researchers, and members of the development community.

Objectives of the toolkit

• To present basic principles in competition law and direct readers to materials that discuss these basic principles in greater depth
• To summarize key ideas, concepts and issues for anyone interested in competition law and policy