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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Main Authors:	Nogues Comas, Antoni Albert, Mendes dos Santos, Nuno Filipe
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	PUBLIC PROCUREMENT INFRASTRUCTURE E-PROCUREMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS
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

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spelling	okr-10986-355642022-09-20T00:09:09Z Measuring Public Procurement Rules and Practices : Benchmarking a Recurrent Infrastructure Contract Nogues Comas, Antoni Albert Mendes dos Santos, Nuno Filipe PUBLIC PROCUREMENT INFRASTRUCTURE E-PROCUREMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS 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. 2021-05-13T14:37:54Z 2021-05-13T14:37:54Z 2021-05 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/674361620322938074/Measuring-Public-Procurement-Rules-and-Practices-Benchmarking-a-Recurrent-Infrastructure-Contract http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35564 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9651 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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description	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.
format	Working Paper
author	Nogues Comas, Antoni Albert Mendes dos Santos, Nuno Filipe
author_facet	Nogues Comas, Antoni Albert Mendes dos Santos, Nuno Filipe
author_sort	Nogues Comas, Antoni Albert
title	Measuring Public Procurement Rules and Practices : Benchmarking a Recurrent Infrastructure Contract
title_short	Measuring Public Procurement Rules and Practices : Benchmarking a Recurrent Infrastructure Contract
title_full	Measuring Public Procurement Rules and Practices : Benchmarking a Recurrent Infrastructure Contract
title_fullStr	Measuring Public Procurement Rules and Practices : Benchmarking a Recurrent Infrastructure Contract
title_full_unstemmed	Measuring Public Procurement Rules and Practices : Benchmarking a Recurrent Infrastructure Contract
title_sort	measuring public procurement rules and practices : benchmarking a recurrent infrastructure contract
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2021
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/674361620322938074/Measuring-Public-Procurement-Rules-and-Practices-Benchmarking-a-Recurrent-Infrastructure-Contract http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35564
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