Public Procurement in the Belt and Road Initiative

China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI) includes major infrastructure investment projects – roads, ports, railways – that aim to improve connectivity along a number of transport corridors spanning 71 countries. In this paper we find that notwithst...

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Main Authors:	Ghossein, Tania, Hoekman, Bernard, Shingal, Anirudh
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	PROCUREMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT ROADS PORTS RAILWAY TRANSPORT CONNECTIVITY INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROCESS TRADE POLICY BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/143241544213097139/Public-Procurement-in-the-Belt-and-Road-Initiative http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31069

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spelling	okr-10986-310692021-05-25T09:20:44Z Public Procurement in the Belt and Road Initiative Ghossein, Tania Hoekman, Bernard Shingal, Anirudh PROCUREMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT ROADS PORTS RAILWAY TRANSPORT CONNECTIVITY INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROCESS TRADE POLICY BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI) includes major infrastructure investment projects – roads, ports, railways – that aim to improve connectivity along a number of transport corridors spanning 71 countries. In this paper we find that notwithstanding the large scale of the initiative, relatively little systematic data exists on the practices being followed by the different, primarily Chinese, entities that finance BRI-related contracts and how firms are being selected to execute projects. The limited available data however indicate that Chinese companies account for the majority of BRI-procurement, even in light of their high share of total infrastructure projects in developing countries. We discuss the limited publicly available evidence on the procurement of BRI projects and specific dimensions of the institutional features pertaining to public procurement regimes of BRI countries, including China, both as embedded in domestic regulations and in international agreements that countries may be part of. Finally, we discuss the efforts that BRI countries can take -individually or as part of an international agreement- to improve procurement practices for BRI projects. 2018-12-27T17:52:36Z 2018-12-27T17:52:36Z 2018-12 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/143241544213097139/Public-Procurement-in-the-Belt-and-Road-Initiative http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31069 English MTI Discussion Paper,no. 10; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper East Asia and Pacific China
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topic	PROCUREMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT ROADS PORTS RAILWAY TRANSPORT CONNECTIVITY INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROCESS TRADE POLICY BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE
spellingShingle	PROCUREMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT ROADS PORTS RAILWAY TRANSPORT CONNECTIVITY INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROCESS TRADE POLICY BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE Ghossein, Tania Hoekman, Bernard Shingal, Anirudh Public Procurement in the Belt and Road Initiative
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description	China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI) includes major infrastructure investment projects – roads, ports, railways – that aim to improve connectivity along a number of transport corridors spanning 71 countries. In this paper we find that notwithstanding the large scale of the initiative, relatively little systematic data exists on the practices being followed by the different, primarily Chinese, entities that finance BRI-related contracts and how firms are being selected to execute projects. The limited available data however indicate that Chinese companies account for the majority of BRI-procurement, even in light of their high share of total infrastructure projects in developing countries. We discuss the limited publicly available evidence on the procurement of BRI projects and specific dimensions of the institutional features pertaining to public procurement regimes of BRI countries, including China, both as embedded in domestic regulations and in international agreements that countries may be part of. Finally, we discuss the efforts that BRI countries can take -individually or as part of an international agreement- to improve procurement practices for BRI projects.
format	Working Paper
author	Ghossein, Tania Hoekman, Bernard Shingal, Anirudh
author_facet	Ghossein, Tania Hoekman, Bernard Shingal, Anirudh
author_sort	Ghossein, Tania
title	Public Procurement in the Belt and Road Initiative
title_short	Public Procurement in the Belt and Road Initiative
title_full	Public Procurement in the Belt and Road Initiative
title_fullStr	Public Procurement in the Belt and Road Initiative
title_full_unstemmed	Public Procurement in the Belt and Road Initiative
title_sort	public procurement in the belt and road initiative
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2018
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/143241544213097139/Public-Procurement-in-the-Belt-and-Road-Initiative http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31069
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