Making Markets Work for Africa: Markets, Development, and Competition Law in Sub-Saharan Africa

Review\n"It is rare to come across a competition law book which is simultaneously generous in its outlook, original in its methodology and classical in its approach. "Making Markets Work For Africa" (Oxford University Press, 2019) written by Eleanor Fox and Mor Bakhoum, two of the world most-renowned experts on comparative competition law issues, is just such a book and it is a must read for anyone interested in the development of competition laws in developing countries." -- Frederic Jenny, Professor of Economics, ESSEC Business School, Paris, and Chairman, OECD Competition Committee\n"Clear and creative ways in which democratising markets can aid meaningful development in Africa..." -- Albie Sachs, retired Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa\n"Making Markets Work for Africa: Markets, Developments and Competition Law in Sub-Saharan Africa provides significant insight into its subject matter and the topics covered. ... the content provides a concise but necessary introduction to the social, political and economic challenges which underpin most sub-Saharan jurisdictions. Readers who may not be familiar with the jurisdictions covered in the book will find this useful for purposes of contextualising the competition policy debate and the nuances which underpin this debate. ... We congratulate the authors on this important and well researched text." -- African Antitrust & Competition Law News and Analysis\n"rich in its analysis and presentation ... the book is a must for high level policy makers, and policy influencers, of low and middle income countries, in order for them to draw an effective development roadmap ushering higher growth along with equity. The book can also be insightful for policy researchers in the developed world who are grappling to find solution to increasing inequality in their own societies." -- Pradeep S Mehta, Concurrences\n"Eleanor Fox and Mor Bakhoum's new book, Making Markets Work for Africa (Oxford University Press, 2019), is a tour de force study of the interaction between markets, development, and competition law in sub-Saharan Africa. It is a must read for anyone interested in competition law in developing jurisdictions." -- Michal Gal, Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog\n"The impressive canvass of this book will stimulate debate among policy makers as it fills a significant gap in the existing literature which will be of great assistance to teachers of competition law and to adjudicative authorities seeking imaginative ways of developing a competition jurisprudence that will promote development in their countries." -- Professor Dennis Davis, Judge President, Competition Appeal Court, South Africa\nThis book focuses on market law and policy in sub-Saharan Africa, showing how markets can be harnessed by poorer and developing economies to help make the markets work for them: to help them integrate into the world economy and provide a better standard of living for their people while preserving their values of inclusive development. It explores uses of power both by dominant firms, often multinationals, and incumbent governments and cronies, to ring-fence their market positions and deprive rivals - often the indigenous people - from fair access to markets and highlights how competition authorities are pushing back and winning fair access, lowering prices of goods and services especially for the poorer population. The book also examines the next level up - regionalism - and provides the facts that show how regionalism has so far failed to meet its promise of freeing markets from cross-border restraints by large firms that operate across national borders.\nOn the more technical side, the book takes a deep look at the competition policies of sets of nations in sub-Saharan Africa - West, South-eastern, and South. It examines the performance of the competition authorities of particular nations, including how they handle cartels, monopolies, and mergers; their standards o