By Erica Bosio, Programme Manager: Growth Analytics, Development Economics Vice Presidency at the World Bank, and Simeon Djankov, Director, World Development Report 2019 Seventeen years ago, in the inaugural Doing Business 2004 study, our team found that it took as few as 18 procedures to start a business in Algeria, Bolivia and Paraguay, or 19 […]
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By Erica Bosio (Program Manager of the Growth Analytics, Development Economics Vice Presidency at the World Bank) and Simeon Djankov (Director, World Development Report 2019) Public procurement — the process by which governments purchase goods, services and works from the private sector — amounted to $11 trillion out of global GDP of nearly $90 trillion
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By Erica Bosio, Programme Manager: Growth Analytics, Development Economics Vice Presidency, World Bank The trade-off between rules and discretion has been a central topic of research in public procurement. Kelman’s (1990) early work stressed the costs of rigid regulation in United States government procurement and made the case for discretion. Since then, research on the
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National Treasury has highlighted that an important aim of the Public Procurement Bill is to use the procurement system to advance economic opportunities for previously-disadvantaged people, women, the youth and people with disabilities, and their business enterprises. While this is the case, Dr Faith Mashele (FCIPS, MBA, PhD) suggests that there is an opportunity to
By Marko Grujicic, Analyst, Growth Analytics;Joseph Lemoine, Analyst – Growth Analytics, Development Economics Vice Presidency; andGreta Polo, Private Sector Development Analyst, World Bank It might be assumed that public procurement is most heavily regulated in high-income countries, given that they have greater public sector capacity, more efficient institutions and longer traditions of regulation. This assumption
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By Stephen Bauld During these difficult times of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is critical to order specific items that are in high demand. This type of situation will often cause a sole-source purchase that needs to be negotiated directly with the different suppliers that have the required products. To ensure that you are not led
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By Ryan Brunette and Jonathan Klaaren South African public procurement law needs a tougher approach to enforcement. It will have one if it empowers and incentivises whistle-blowers.
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By Stephen Bauld The reason why a shift towards a more strategic procurement approach is necessary at municipal level and, indeed, across the public sector in general, is clear. As I have noted in several of my columns over the years, governments tend to pay more than private-sector firms for comparable type, quality and quantity
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Performance of SOEs remains a top priority for the president and by extension the minister of public enterprises. The question remains, to what extent will these changes affect procurement and supply chain? What is the proper way of governing SOEs? At the recent 13th Annual Smart Procurement World Indaba, discussions centred around the restructuring of
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We would all agree that government procurement should be held to the highest level of ethical standards. It is very important to the entire system that everyone working with or for a municipality be of the same mind set. The whole idea of the importance of adherence to an appropriate standard of ethics in the
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