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Capacity Building in New Competition Systems

Capacity Building in New Competition Systems. William E. Kovacic George Washington University Law School CUTS International 30 th Anniversary Lecture Washington, D.C., 23 September 2013. This Evening’s Agenda. Necessary Capacity Emphasis here: human capital

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Capacity Building in New Competition Systems

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  1. Capacity Building in New Competition Systems William E. Kovacic George Washington University Law School CUTS International 30th Anniversary Lecture Washington, D.C., 23 September 2013

  2. This Evening’s Agenda • Necessary Capacity • Emphasis here: human capital • Building It: What Works, What Needs Work • Contributions of CUTS • Contact: wkovacic@law.gwu.edu

  3. Capacity: Six Types of Knowledge • Concepts of Competition Law and Economics • The Local Economy and Business • Skills Training • Agency Administration • Agency Leadership • Competition System Life Cycle Phenomena

  4. Concepts • Competition Law • Goals • Substantive Commands • Tradeoffs and choices in the national statute • Industrial Organization Economics

  5. Local Economy and Business • General Economic Conditions • Sector-Specific Knowledge • Firm Behavior

  6. Skills Training • Case Development and Management • Investigation methods: e.g., interviews, • Drafting legal instruments: complaints, orders • Analysis, testing , presentation of evidence • Advocacy and Report Writing

  7. Agency Administration • Organization • Human Resources • Information Management • Ethics and Conflicts • Confidentiality and Disclosure • Public Relations • Evaluation

  8. Leadership • Strategy • Priorities • Outreach • Interaction with the Political Process • Relations with Other Government Agencies • Special Case: Multi-member Governance

  9. Life Cycles: What to Expect and How to Deal With It • Predictable Phenomena • Challenges to authority • Staff turnover • Transitional discontinuities • Realistic Expectations • Measurement Benchmarks

  10. Capacity: How to Build It • Hits • Link aid to needs • Long term engagement • Right Team • Relevant experience • Local knowledge • Similar conditions • Suitable personality • Local co-production • Small group discussion • Misses • Off the rack programs • Unconnected one offs • The wrong team • Rookies, out of position • Foreign orientation only • Unrelated conditions • Personality mismatch • External advisors only • Giant conferences

  11. Trends • What’s Getting Better • Project Design • Longer term view • More follow up • Better benchmarking • Teaching materials • Practical orientation • Regional specialization • Focus on sensitive issues • Linking experience bases • What Needs Work • Donor cooperation • Schedules • Projects • Outcomes • Credit-claiming • Choice of advisors • Institutional memory • Using local knowledge

  12. CUTS: Contributions • Microeconomic Research Projects • Attention to Local Conditions • Long-Term Engagement • Invoking Comparative Perspectives

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