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Services Procurement Under the WTO’s Agreement on Government Procurement : Whither Market Access?
Shingal, Anirudh - 2011
of data submitted by Japan and Switzerland to the WTO's Committee on Government Procurement. Using several metrics, the … to foreign firms would have been more than 15 times higher in the case of Japan and nearly 68 times more in the case of … Switzerland. We also find that for the same services categories, at least the Japanese government is not purchasing as much from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014197319
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Infrastructure provision and Africa's trade and development prospects : potential role and relevance of The WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA)
Niggli, Nicholas C.; Osei-Lah, Kodjo - 2014 - Manuscript date: 30 October, 2014
Two issues stand out in this conversation. The first concerns the unfinished business of the global fight against the scourge of poverty, which impacts one region more than most: Africa. At the same time, a key pre-requisite for economic performance - affordable and efficient public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010426539
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How government procurement measures can affect trade
Gourdon, Julien; Messent, James - 2017
A number of countries used discriminatory government procurement policies as part of stimulus packages designed to alleviate the effects of the global economic crisis. This paper collates and updates the evidence related to the size of procurement markets, the level of home bias they exhibit,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011695353
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Infrastructure provision and Africa's trade and development prospects : potential role and relevance of The WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA)
Niggli, Nicholas C.; Osei-Lah, Kodjo - 2014 - Manuscript date: 30 October, 2014
Transitioning from the post-2008 financial meltdown to a sustained period of global growth and prosperity involves a major challenge: how to ensure the effective management of international economic interdependence. Trade, growth, good governance and sustainable development constitute essential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882816
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Barriers to International Trade in Procurement after the Economic Crisis, Part II : Opening International Procurement Markets: Unfinished Business
Yukins, Christopher R. - 2011
This paper, presented at the West Government Contracts Year in Review Conference (covering 2010), discusses developing issues in international public procurement. Among other things, the paper suggests that, in 2010, the international procurement market continued to mature, as cross-border...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014185475
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International Public Procurement Developments in 2008; Public Procurement in a World Economic Crisis
Anderson, Robert D.; Yukins, Christopher R. - 2009
These two papers, presented at the West Government Contracts Year in Review Conference (covering 2008), discuss developing issues in international public procurement. Among other things, the Anderson paper addresses the role of the World Trade Organization in public procurement; other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014046779
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Public Procurement and Private Standards : Ensuring Sustainability under the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement
Corvaglia, Maria Anna - 2016
With the globalization of the supply chain around different countries, the effective implementation of social and environmental objectives in procurement practices becomes a crucial priority. For this reason, the inclusion in procurement practices of transnational private regulations (TPRs) such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012981929
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The relationship between services trade and government procurement commitments : insights from relevant WTO agreements and recent RTAs
Anderson, Robert D.; Locatelli, Claudia; Müller, Anna … - 2014 - Manuscript date: 24 October, 2014
To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This paper examines the systemic and other ramifications of this exclusion, from both an economic and a legal point of view. In addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010430680
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The WTO’s Revised Government Procurement Agreement - An Important Milestone Toward Greater Market Access and Transparency in Global Public Procurement Markets
Anderson, Robert D. - 2012
In December of 2011, the Parties to the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) adopted significant revisions to the Agreement. The revised Agreement comprises (a) a much-needed modernization of the text of the Agreement, (b) an expansion of related market-access...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112487
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The relationship between services trade and government procurement commitments : insights from relevant WTO agreements and recent RTAs
Anderson, Robert D.; Locatelli, Claudia; Müller, Anna … - 2014 - Manuscript date: 24 October, 2014
To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This paper examines the systemic and other ramifications of this exclusion, from both an economic and a legal point of view. In addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882817