procurement also needs to be adjusted. This paper examines a particular case of rural road procurement in Nepal. Severe weather …

There is relatively little systematic evidence on the links between procurement systems and outcomes such as …'s Enterprise Surveys, in 88 countries that also have procurement systems data from Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability … (PEFA) assessments. The analysis finds that in countries with more transparent procurement systems, where exceptions to open …

The quality of the public procurement system of an economy can have far-reaching effects on the private sector. This … paper empirically explores several of these effects using two rich data sets. An overall indicator of public procurement … quality is created from the World Bank?s Benchmarking Public Procurement project that is then combined with firm-level data …

Public procurement regulation is an important instrument for using public resources efficiently and ensuring quality … services to citizens. On average, the public procurement sector accounts for 14.5 percent of the gross domestic product … globally. Using new data, this study documents public procurement regulation and related processes in 142 economies. Scores for …

Using a cross-country data set on e-government systems, this paper analyzes whether e-filing of taxes and e-procurement …, improvement of public procurement competitiveness, and reduction of corruption. The paper finds that information and … a tax official, perception of tax administration as an obstacle, and incidence of bribery. The effects of e-procurement …

is to develop infrastructure and expand service delivery. Public procurement reform is a key component of this policy …, procurement reform in Indonesia is a centrally-driven effort. In this paper, we examine the extent to which procurement reform is … translating into improvements in sub-national performance. Data on local government procurement expenditures point to an overall …

more than 3 hours to go to the nearest marketplace or agriculture center. Public procurement is an important policy … instrument to use resources wisely and efficiently. This paper analyzes a series of policy questions, from procurement design to …

This paper evaluates a program targeted to adolescent girls in Tanzania that aims to empower them economically as well … Tanzania. This research shows that layering additional microfinance services onto an adolescent development program can be an …

labor, the study uses three waves of panel data from Tanzania to estimate the effects of household assets on child education …