The authors assess the impact of a public procurement programme designed to encourage small and micro businesses (SMBs) in Brazil to take part in public procurement auctions. The programme had no effect on contracted prices. However, SMBs were more likely to have their contracts terminated as a...

The purpose of this paper was to investigate the effect of strategic procurement on the performance of geothermal development corporation. The researcher collected both primary and secondary data during the researcher. Primary data was collected using a questionnaire covering the strategic role...

In Nigeria, there are many cases of failed public procurements resulting in undue delay or abandonment of projects, especially those wholly funded by the government, even in projects under co-financing arrangements with the Multilateral Development Institutions (MDIs). This anomaly is prevalent...