"Infrastructure projects are often technically complicated and highly customized. Therefore, procurement competition … tends to be limited. Competition is the single most important factor toward auction efficiency and anti-corruption. However …, and competition. With data on procurement auctions for electricity projects in developing countries, it is found that …

This report examines the potential use of auctions as a price discovery mechanism facilitating accelerated … play an important supporting role. The auction process, including the development of requirements and material obligations …

agencies in the procurement of goods through International Competitive Bidding (ICB). The procedures and practices presented in …

support efforts to maximize local procurement by the mining sector by providing policy recommendations for national … increasing local procurement. The report takes a regional approach, driven by the potential to realize economies of scale and … project to support local procurement by the mining sector in West Africa. The project objectives were to (i) inform government …

This assessment reviews the current status of public procurement in Armenia and makes recommendations for further … improvements. It also provides an update of the Country Procurement Assessment Report (CPAR) carried out in May 2004. The report … includes an action plan to assist the Government of Armenia (GoA) in moving the procurement reform agenda forward. The …

as a precursor to carrying forward the Government's efforts to upgrade the Country Procurement Systems (CPS) to … assessment, being the first phase of a comprehensive procurement performance assessment, covered the four pillars as well as all … compared to the standard required for a transparent, efficient and effective procurement system, the existing system in …

This Country Procurement Assessment Report (CPAR)intends to determine the compatibility of national procurement law …, and practices, with the principles of economy, and with international procurement practices. This CPAR, the second of its … the capacity of public sector institutions to conduct procurement, including the effects of corruption on procurement …