The growth of international trade and investment and the spread of bilateral and multilateral trade agreements have resulted in increasing economic integration, affecting almost all nations of the world. This has brought about many changes in the economies of developing countries, including a move away from state-controlled enterprise. However, it has also made developing countries more vulnerable to new and potentially harmful types of anticompetitive business practices.

Authors Susan Joekes and Phil Evans provide an introduction to competition and competition law and policy in developing countries. They focus on the practical problems faced in developing countries and the steps that have been and can be taken to overcome those problems, as well as anticompetitive practices as they occur in developing countries and the policies that governments and citizens can promote and practice to limit the impact of such practices.

The book will be of particular interest to consumer groups and NGOs, as well as to government officials, legislators, trade negotiators, the judiciary, educators, students, development professionals and business groups. Additional analysis, discussion and case materials are also available at a companion web site.

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