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 …

The seven essays in this volume address different issues related to green and innovation procurement as well as more … general challenges in public procurement. These studies address both general, abstract problems of optimal public procurement … and concrete cases of national or even local public procurement systems. The evidence that they present covers a broad …

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 …

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 … in public procurement from three different perspectives. First, leading academics and practitioners assess the purchase …

established part of federal procurement for at least a century. Protests (sometimes called “challenges” or “remedies proceedings …” abroad) are a recognized bulwark against corruption in the United States, and have become a standard part of procurement … procurement in practice could dramatically limit bid protests, in the name of streamlining the procurement process. This drastic …

Federal procurement has an important role to play in mitigating and adapting to climate change. The massive scale of … Administration has recognized the potential climate impact of federal procurement, but policy direction alone will fail to curb … emissions.This Note advocates incorporating two methodologies into the federal procurement process that, when combined, can do …