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Infrastructure provision and Africa's trade and development prospects : potential role and relevance of The WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA)
Niggli, Nicholas C.; Osei-Lah, Kodjo - 2014 - Manuscript date: 30 October, 2014
Two issues stand out in this conversation. The first concerns the unfinished business of the global fight against the scourge of poverty, which impacts one region more than most: Africa. At the same time, a key pre-requisite for economic performance - affordable and efficient public...
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The revised WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) : key design features and significance for global trade and development
Anderson, Robert D.; Müller, Anna Caroline - 2017 - Manuscript date: January 2017
The WTO's plurilateral Agreement on Government Procurement ("the GPA" or "the Agreement") is an important ongoing success story for the Organization. In March 2012, the GPA Parties completed a comprehensive revision of the Agreement, encompassing both its text and coverage (market access...
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The relationship between services trade and government procurement commitments : insights from relevant WTO agreements and recent RTAs
Anderson, Robert D.; Locatelli, Claudia; Müller, Anna … - 2014 - Manuscript date: 24 October, 2014
To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This paper examines the systemic and other ramifications of this exclusion, from both an economic and a legal point of view. In addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements,...
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Analysis of specific legal and trade-related issues in a possible PH-EU economic partnership : the Philippine constitution, competition policy, government procurement, intellectual...
Barcenas, Lai-Lynn Angelica B. - 2015
This paper provides an overview of the Philippines' defensive and offensive interests in a Free Trade Agreement with the European Union in the areas of Competition Policy, Government Procurement, Intellectual Property Rights, Dispute Settlement and Trade Remedies. It examines these interests in...
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Government procurement and free trade in the Americas
Claro de la Maza, Jorge; Camblor, Roberto - 1999
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Reform of the EU Procurement Directives and WTO GPA : Forward Steps for Sustainability?
Semple, Abby - 2012
The paper examines the scope for social and environmental objectives to be included in public procurement procedures. The concept of sustainable public procurement (SPP) is analysed, and the extent of its implementation by European public authorities. The paper then turns to the legal...
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The WTO’s Revised Government Procurement Agreement - An Important Milestone Toward Greater Market Access and Transparency in Global Public Procurement Markets
Anderson, Robert D. - 2012
In December of 2011, the Parties to the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) adopted …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112487
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Does the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement Deliver What It Promises?
Tas, Bedri Kamil Onur - 2017
The revised World Trade Organization (WTO) Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), which came into force on April 6 …, number of bidders are significantly higher in WTO GPA covered procurements. Third, we find that corruption risk is lower in … WTO GPA covered tenders. We use two measures to assess corruption risk: procurements that receive only one bid, and the …
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Shades of Green : Mapping the Parameters of the GATT Article III:8(a) Government Procurement Derogation in the Renewable Energy Transition
Fang, Mandy Meng - 2019
with the World Trade Organization (WTO) obligations. This tension has led to a number of disputes, and in so doing became a …
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