Measuring Public Procurement Rules and Practices : Benchmarking a Recurrent Infrastructure Contract
Given its size, public procurement matters for economic development. Transparency, competition, accountability, efficiency, and innovation are most commonly noted as guiding principles for achieving best value for money in public contracts. Yet, large-scale, frequently updated, and comparable d...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/674361620322938074/Measuring-Public-Procurement-Rules-and-Practices-Benchmarking-a-Recurrent-Infrastructure-Contract http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35564 |
| Summary: | Given its size, public procurement matters for economic
development. Transparency, competition, accountability,
efficiency, and innovation are most commonly noted as
guiding principles for achieving best value for money in
public contracts. Yet, large-scale, frequently updated, and
comparable data on public procurement processes are scarce.
This paper presents the methodology and findings of a new
global indicator that benchmarks public procurement regulations
and practices across 191 economies. The indicator
proposes three dimensions to measure the effective implementation
of public procurement systems in practice, as
applied to a standardized recurrent infrastructure (roads)
contract. The three dimensions include the steps and associated
time required to complete the procurement process,
and the availability and sophistication of e-procurement
platforms. A final, fourth component benchmarks the
regulatory framework applicable to such contracts. Economies
that score higher in the indicator are those with more
effective governments, higher quality of roads, and smaller
perceptions of corruption. Looking more closely at the
scores along the four dimensions reveals that countries differ
to a lesser extent in terms of regulatory practices, compared
with the use of new technologies such as e-procurement,
where considerable gaps between economies exist. |
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