century. Secondly, in one area of economic activity - trade in government procurement markets - the revised WTO Agreement on … Government Procurement (GPA) is emerging as a multi-dimensional tool of trade, governance and development. The thesis of this …

” abroad) are a recognized bulwark against corruption in the United States, and have become a standard part of procurement … maintain an effective bid protest system, and could raise new risks of corruption in procurement … established part of federal procurement for at least a century. Protests (sometimes called “challenges” or “remedies proceedings …

The study analyzes the reliability of corruption risk indicators using Hungarian public procurement data, specifically …. The investigation aims to determine whether corruption risk indicators for public procurement contracts related to the … analysis utilizes data from the Corruption Research Center Budapest database, encompassing Hungarian public procurement …

The World Trade Organisation Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) has created the most comprehensive plurilateral … system for procurement-related trade liberalisation. However, there has been a proliferation of free trade agreements (FTAs …) regulating public procurement liberalisation, including between GPA parties, which seek to bypass or go beyond the GPA on a …

Last year was momentous for the international procurement arena, as several of the major multilateral development banks … (MDBs) — including the World Bank and the African Development Bank (AfDB) — adopted significant changes to their procurement … Bank's board of executive directors approved a new procurement policy as part of a larger procurement framework described …

issues in international public procurement. Among other things, the paper suggests that, in 2010, the international … procurement market continued to mature, as cross-border barriers to trade continue to fall. Large developing nations - including … China and, potentially, India - moved to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), the …

This paper suggests that demand instruments of international vaccine procurement, instead of being seen primarily as a …

The year 2015 saw major structural changes to international procurement rules -- including (1) a proposed Trans …-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement which will impact procurement, and important shifts in Canada’s laws regarding contractor … debarment and exclusion (discussed here by Brenda Swick), (2) European procurement laws which favor open, multilateral …

volume, Integrity and Efficiency in Sustainable Public Contracts: Balancing Corruption Concerns in Public Procurement …This is the introductory chapter to a collective volume, Joint Public Procurement and Innovation: Lessons Across … opportunities of joint procurement across borders. This in-depth research by a range of procurement experts investigates innovation …

Procurement professionals will increasingly be asked to play an important role in adapting to and mitigating the … learning curve is now.We need to talk - seriously, thoughtfully - about climate change and sustainable procurement …