Base Line Study : Transparency in the Public Construction Sector in Guatemala

This study examined the level of transparency in the public construction sector in Guatemala to create a benchmark for the implementation of the CoST (Construction Sector Transparency) Initiative in the country. It was based on an analysis of the d...

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Main Author:	Multi-Stakeholder Group
Format:	Other Public Sector Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ABBREVIATIONS ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ACCREDITATION ACRONYM ACRONYMS ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM AGREEMENT AGREEMENTS ANTI-CORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION ARTICLE ARTICLES ASSOCIATIONS BANK BENCHMARK BEST PRACTICE BIDDING BUSINESS CASE CASES CERTIFICATE CIVIL LIABILITY CIVIL SOCIETY CLASSIFICATION COLLABORATION COLLECTION OF DATA COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATIONS COMPETITIVENESS CONCEPT CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONFIDENTIALITY CONSULTANT CONSULTANTS CONTENTS CONTRACTING CONTRACTORS CONTRACTS CORRUPTION CULTURAL CHANGE CULTURAL SHIFT CURRENT LAWS DATA DIGITAL FORMAT DISCLOSURE DISCLOSURES DOCUMENT DOCUMENTS DOMAIN E-GOVERNMENT E-GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS EFFECTS EFFICIENCY EGOVERNMENT EGOVERNMENT SYSTEMS ELECTRONIC MARKET ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING ETHICS EXTRACTING FINANCE FUNDING GENERAL PUBLIC GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT ENTITIES GOVERNMENTS HARD COPY HUMAN RIGHTS IMAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENTS INCOME INFORMATION INITIATIVE INITIATIVES INSTITUTION INSTITUTIONS INSURANCE INTELLECTUAL RIGHTS INTERNET INVESTMENT KNOWLEDGE LAW LEARNING LEGAL BASIS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LINK LINKS MANAGEMENT MATERIAL MEDIA MEDIUM MINISTER MODELS MONITORING NATURAL RESOURCES NEWSLETTERS OMBUDSMAN ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATION PERFORMANCE PHYSICAL PROGRESS PLANS POLICY PRICE PRICE COMPARISON PRICES PRIVATE SECTOR PROCUREMENT PROCUREMENT PROCESS PROCUREMENT PROCESSES PROGRAMMING PROJECT EVALUATION PROJECTS PROTOCOLS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC INFORMATION PUBLIC OFFICERS PUBLIC OFFICIALS QUALITY MANAGEMENT REFERENCE SOURCES REGISTRY RESULT RESULTS RIGHTS SANCTIONS SECRETARIES SECURITIES SECURITY SENSITIVE INFORMATION SERVICE SPREADSHEET SPREADSHEETS STANDARDS STRATEGY SUPERVISION SUPPLIERS TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL SERVICES TECHNOLOGY TELEPHONE TRAINING TRANSLATION TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS USERS USES VALUE VERIFICATION WEB WEB SITE WEBSITE WEBSITES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/11/16374033/base-line-study-transparency-public-construction-sector-guatemala http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12885

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Summary:	This study examined the level of transparency in the public construction sector in Guatemala to create a benchmark for the implementation of the CoST (Construction Sector Transparency) Initiative in the country. It was based on an analysis of the disclosure of 31 indicators of Material Project Information (MPI), as defined by the CoST Initiative. The study showed that disclosure of Material Project Information in Guatemala is supported significantly by the national legal framework. The law mandates online disclosure of almost 87 percent of the MPI required by the CoST Initiative. This is the highest percentage among countries participating in the CoST Initiative to-date. Yet, an analysis of 16 projects selected randomly in seven Procurement Entities (PEs) - four at the central level and three at the local level - revealed that actual information disclosure only amounts, on average, to 38 percent of the MPI required by law. This represents 34 percent of the MPI required by the CoST Initiative. Procurement Entities (PEs) at the central government level disclose on average 40 percent of the MPI required by the law online in the GUATECOMPRAS (Contracting System of the State of Guatemala) system; PEs at the local level disclose 35 percent. In the project cycle, the stages registering the lowest levels of information disclosure were: design (6.29 percent of the MPI required by the law), execution (5.50 percent), supervision (4.13 percent) and post-contract (19.25 percent). Road infrastructure projects under analysis underwent, on average, 17 variation orders, with additional times and price amounting to 123 percent and 103 percent, respectively. Based on the results of the study, the Guatemalan CoST Initiative will collaborate in its pilot phase with selected PEs to facilitate the analysis and disclosure of MPI throughout the project cycle.

Base Line Study : Transparency in the Public Construction Sector in Guatemala

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