China and, potentially, India - moved to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), the … 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 …

implies that transaction costs as part of total costs of ownership carry a large weight in procurement decisions. An analysis …

negotiations (Hans-Joachim Priess), and (2) new, more liberal procurement policies at the World Bank (Christopher Yukins) -- all of … which are likely to help open procurement markets around the world. This article, prepared for presentation at the February …The year 2015 saw major structural changes to international procurement rules -- including (1) a proposed Trans …

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 … systems around the world, often at the urging of the United States. But new proposals being considered for U.S. government …

issues in international public procurement. Among other things, the paper suggests that there is growing recognition of the … role that procurement can play in national development and the fight against corruption. In the paper the author points out … that, while there is a worldwide trend toward more and more similar procurement systems, that trend does not mean that …

Scarcity of rigs on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) has led to a number of interesting changes in the procurement … analyses these trends from the perspective of an optimum procurement strategy for an oil company. Trade-offs in rig 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 …

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 …

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