ESCWA, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) came together for an informal virtual meeting with Arab country representatives. Participants presented the activities carried out during the year to improve competition and consumer protection in the Arab region. They also discussed the activities planned for the coming year.
The meeting featured a presentation of ESCWA’s Arab Business Legislative Framework report and the Arab Legislative Portal. There were also discussions of the technical paper on competition reform using computable general equilibrium (CGE) models.