On June 20, 2007, as part of the Conférence de Montréal, IDRC organized a panel of experts around the theme Competition Policy at the Service of Development.

The panelists discussed how developing country governments are tailoring competition law to meet the needs of their particular economy, and how they are facing challenges in legislating and implementing competition policy.

Listen to the audio files below to hear highlights of their talks:

Taimoon Stewart, Vice President of the FTAA (Free Trade Area of the Americas) Negotiating Group on Competition Policy. Listen

Phil Evans, Head of Consumer Policy, Finsbury International Policy & Regulatory Advisers (FIPRA) a specialist public affairs firm. Part 1, Part 2

Sheridan Scott, Commissioner of Competition for the Competition Bureau of Canada. Listen