BLOGS
How can mobile government (mGov) work in developing countries?
Submitted by : Khuram Farooq & Peter Kustor, World Bank
Since the COVID-19 pandemic started last year, many digitally advanced governments such as Austria have stepped up access to public services via mobile phones. Their experience provides an opportunity for other less digitally advanced countries to leapfrog and rethink their approach to service delivery given the phenomenal growth of mobile...
How large is public procurement?
Submitted by : Erica Bosio & Simeon Djankov, World Bank
Public procurement — the process by which governments purchase goods, services and works from the private sector. The regulation of public procurement is relatively new. With the exception of Japan in 1947 and the United States two years later, most countries adopted procurement laws in the 1990s or...
Re-booting public procurement to revitalize the 'social contract' of governance
Submitted by : Vinay Sharma & Felipe Goya, World Bank
Governance in any democratic society is the effective result of a social contract between the state and the citizen – sometimes explicit, but more often implied. This mutually beneficial agreement is predicated on trust, legitimacy, and consent....
Reducing corruption in public procurement
Submitted by : Erica Bosio, World Bank
To benchmark procurement practices, Bosio et al. (2020) use measures that test whether and how procurement practices differ from the laws in the same four areas. Procurement laws and practices can sometimes differ...
Controlling Fraud, Corruption & other Undesirable Practices in Emergency Procurement & Supply Management
Submitted by : Dr. Gurbandini Kaur, All India Management Association
Global Procurement Summit 2021 organized by All India Management Association with support of Ministry of Finance, Government of India , the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank gave platform for discussion and exchange of ideas between senior officials engaged in public procurement at central and state public entities and the key bidding...
Lessons learned for Contract Management & Dispute Resolution after one year of COVID-19
Submitted by : Dr. Gurbandini Kaur, All India Management Association
Global Procurement Summit 2021 organized by All India Management Association with support of Ministry of Finance, Government of India, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank gave platform for discussion and exchange of ideas between senior officials engaged in public procurement at central and state public entities and the key bidding...
How framework agreements are useful for emergency and pandemic response
Submitted by : Mr Shanker Lal, World Bank
The phase that follows an emergency situation is critical when government agencies are under pressure to respond quickly and effectively to people’s...
Guidebook on setting up and Operating Framework Agreements
Submitted by : Mr Shanker Lal, World Bank
The World Bank has recently published a Guidebook on setting up and operating Framework Agreements, which includes country case studies from UK, USA, Chile, Brazil, Italy, Ethiopia, and...