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Fragile and conflict-affected states: the role of the public sector as an employer
Submitted by : Zahid Hasnain, Faisal A. Baig, Turkan Mukhtarova, World Bank
Currently around 1.8 billion people live in fragile, and conflict affected (FCV) environments. By 2030, the World Bank estimates that 2/3 of the world’s extreme poor will live in FCV situations. The COVID-19 pandemic further threatens to reverse decades of development. By 2022, the average GDP for countries affected by FCV is expected to be 8.6%...
7th Global Procurement Summit (GPS 2022)
Submitted by : Dr. Gurbandini Kaur, AIMA
AIMA organised its 7th Global Procurement Summit 2022 in hybrid mode on 7th – 8th March 2022 at New Delhi on the theme ‘Convergence of Public and Private Sectors to maximize value through Green and Innovative Procurement’. The summit was held in partnership with the Ministry of Finance, Government of India and the World Bank. Asian...
To get better development outcomes, donors must align with countries’ public financial management systems
Submitted by : Suraiya Zannath, Svetlana V. Klimenko, World Bank
Development projects can achieve better outcomes with fewer resources when donors work together at the country level. That is the conclusion of the Fiduciary Alignment Initiative, a joint Asian Development Bank (ADB)-World Bank seminar held in Bangladesh recently that focused on the use of country fiduciary systems in aid...
How to make governments more productive in the post-COVID world: Lessons from Brazil
Submitted by : Francisco Gaetani, World Bank
The economic fallout of the pandemic has put enormous pressures on public finances. But rather than get bogged down in the polarizing debate about fiscal policies, the smart response is to focus on productivity gains that contribute to greater fiscal space regardless of the underlying policies to raise revenues or reign in...
To boost government productivity, policy makers should focus on the workforce first
Submitted by : Peck Kem Low, World Bank
Human resources policies are at the center of any effort to increase government productivity. That’s why Singapore is focusing its efforts to improve efficiency on the workforce and how it carries out the business of...
How to increase government productivity in the post-COVID-19 world
Submitted by : Jacques Rosenberg, Donna Andrews, Tim Williamson, World Bank
The fourth Future of Government Disruptive Debate took place Wednesday, September 1st, 2021. It featured participants from around the world and sought answers to the question: How will governments be more productive once the COVID-19 pandemic has...
What we’ve been reading about rules and discretion in public procurement
Submitted by : Serena Cocciolo, Sushmita Samaddar, Stephen Okiya, World Bank
Given the sheer size of public procurement, improving it has an immense potential to generate fiscal savings, improve government-provided services, and promote inclusive and sustainable economic...
The future of public procurement in the era of digitalization
Submitted by : Yolanda Tayler, Nataliya Langburd Wright, World Bank
Many countries have an opportunity to digitally transform public procurement systems to achieve enhanced efficiency, accountability, transparency, and participation of small and medium enterprises...