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How Islamic finance contributes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

OECD - 2020

This report identifies the opportunities that Islamic finance presents for donors. To achieve these, Arab and OECD Development Assistance Committee donors need to mobilise innovative forms of financing and deliver the call to deepen the transformation of development finance systems. DAC members...

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Transition finance ABC methodology : a user's guide to transition finance diagnostics

OECD - 2020

Transition finance offers a flexible approach for development partners to respond to the changing financial needs of developing countries undergoing transition. The transition finance ABC methodology, part of the transition finance toolkit, provides methodological guidance, metrics, data...

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Concession contract renegotiations : some efficiency versus equity dilemmas

Estache, Antonio - 2001

If having firm-driven renegotiations of contracts for infrastructure services is a major concern, efficiency should not be the only consideration in selecting an operator, indeed, consumers may want to award the concession to a less efficient firm if that would reduce the probability of...

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Risk shifting and long-term contracts : evidence from the Ras Gas Project

Dailami, Mansoor - 2000

Risk shifting and incomplete contracting lie at the heart of the agency relationship inherent in the procurement and financing of large-scale projects such as power plants, oil and gas pipelines, and liquefied natural gas facilities. An investigation of Ras Gas bonds provides empirical evidence...

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Mobile handset acquisition models

2013

This report examines the relationship between the prices for mobile communication services and some of the most popular handsets used to access these services, focusing on smartphones. The objective is to better understand different business models and how they may affect comparisons of prices....

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What is a Contracting Authority?

OECD - 2011

The public procurement Directives only apply if a body is a contracting authority (contracting entity in the Utilities sector) within the definition of the Directives. SIGMA Brief 3 gives guidance on the notion of a contracting authority/entity under the directives (especially the concept of...

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Below Threshold Contracts

OECD - 2011

The EU Public Procurement Directives only apply to contracts of a value that meet or exceed the relevant EU financial threshold. Below threshold contracts are not covered by the procurement Directives. However, below threshold contracts comprise the vast majority of contracts awarded by...

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Which Contracts are Covered by the Procurement Directives?

OECD - 2011

The EU Public Procurement Directives cover three main types of contract: works, supplies and services including design … contests. Some contracts will often contain elements of one or more of the 3 types of contract. The Directives contain specific … relevant EU financial threshold. SIGMA Brief 4 gives an overview of the different types of contract, on contract classification …

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Contract Management

OECD - 2011

When a contracting authority enters into a contract with an economic operator, the arrangement cannot just be left to …. It is therefore vital that they are properly managed. SIGMA Brief 22 first describes the process of contract management … and then presents contract management in practice and post-contract performance review. …

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Public Procurement in Malta : Re-engineering the Department of Contracts

OECD - 2019

Malta is actively pursuing more effective and efficient public procurement with the recognition that it will support the government’s broad strategic goals and contribute to its fast growing economy. Malta has made great progress in updating its public procurement processes with many strategic...

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