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Recovering from COVID-19: How to enhance domestic revenue mobilisation in small island developing states
OECD - 2022
Small island developing states (SIDS) have been acutely affected by the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper takes a broader perspective to explore how the revenue effects of this crisis in SIDS are connected to their unique financing and development challenges. It also suggests...
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Liberalisation and universal access to basic services : telecommunications, water and sanitation, financial services and electricity
2006
Building on a recent groundbreaking OECD/World Bank seminar, this volume explores whether and how trade liberaliaation can contribute to achieving universal service goals and the types of complementary policies required. It focuses on experiences in four sectors: telecommunications, water and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003392020
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Contracting Out Government Functions and Services : Emerging Lessons from Post-Conflict and Fragile Situations
2009
This second volume of the Partnership for Democratic Governance Series investigates whether ‘contracting out’ core government functions and services has been conducive to capacity development. Each case study discusses the evidence and emerging lessons of contracting out in fragile and...
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Liberalisation and Universal Access to Basic Services : Telecommunications, Water and Sanitation, Financial Services, and Electricity
2006
Building on a recent groundbreaking OECD/World Bank seminar, this volume explores whether and how trade liberalisation can contribute to achieving universal service goals and the types of complementary policies required. It focuses on experiences in four sectors - telecommunications, water and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012448638
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012454229
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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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