Competition Policy, Private Sector Development and Poverty Reduction in Africa
- An International Conference -
Organised under the auspices of the project
"Capacity Building on Competition Policy in Select Countries of Eastern and Southern Africa (7Up3 Project)"
March 29-30, 2007, Mauritius

CUTS International is organising a two day international conference on 'Competition Policy, Private Sector Development and Poverty Reduction in Africa', as the culmination of a two year research based advocacy project, popularly referred to as the 7Up3 Project, on 29-30 March 2007, Mauritius. The conference is being co-hosted by the Ministry of Industry, Small & Medium Enterprises, Commerce & Cooperatives, Government of Mauritius.

The meeting would discuss the realisation of the two-year that this project has been implemented for. It would also trace the path forward towards implementing competition regimes in the project countries by identifying the weaknesses that need to be addressed. The deliberations would facilitate an enriched and interactive exchange of varied experiences on competition policy and law, which would be linked to the wider policy context of economic development and poverty reduction in the region.

Participants would include representatives from civil society organisations, academicians, experts, regional authorities and competition practitioners from within the region and outside.

For further information, please contact:

Rijit Sengupta
Centre Coordinator and Deputy Head
CUTS Centre for Competition, Investment & Economic Regulation
CUTS International
D-217, Bhaskar Marg, Bani Park,
Jaipur 302 016, India
Mobile: +91 98292 85928
Email: c-cier@cuts.org ; rsg@cuts.org ; 7Up3@cuts.org