The Dynamics of Centralized Procurement Reform in a Decentralized State : Evidence and Lessons from Indonesia
A central policy of the Government of Indonesia's strategy for enhancing its country's economic and social development is to develop infrastructure and expand service delivery. Public procurement reform is a key component of this policy....
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank Group, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/07/19879279/dynamics-centralized-procurement-reform-decentralized-state-evidence-lessons-indonesia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19347 |
| Summary: | A central policy of the Government of
Indonesia's strategy for enhancing its country's
economic and social development is to develop infrastructure
and expand service delivery. Public procurement reform is a
key component of this policy. Despite the decentralization
of financial responsibility and authority to relatively
autonomous local level governments, procurement reform in
Indonesia is a centrally-driven effort. In this paper, we
examine the extent to which procurement reform is
translating into improvements in sub-national performance.
Data on local government procurement expenditures point to
an overall decline in the volume of procurement, especially
in poorer districts. This paper uses qualitative case
studies of procurement reform in six local governments and
finds that local government leadership is associated with
the uptake of reform. There is little evidence to suggest
that procurement reform has been
"demand''-led, since neither the private
sector nor Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have been
active in advocating for procurement reform. |
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