costs are used as an exogenous measure of import competition. The authors find a positive and robust effect of import …

This evaluation assesses the results, successes, and challenges of the World Bank 2016 procurement reform. Procurements …'s procurement processes must ensure that clients get the best value for every development dollar. In 2016, the World Bank reformed … its procurement system for Investment Project Financing and launched a new procurement framework aimed at enhancing the …

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

The World Bank carried out the first country procurement assessment review (CPAR) jointly with the Government in 2001 …, focusing on the features and performance of the federal procurement system. Based on the action plan included in the 2001 CPAR …, the government reformed federal procurement laws and regulations in 2005 and furthered the development of Government …

it needs from international and national consultants under Bank and Afghan procurement rules. Both, the Bank's selection …

Ukraine enacted a comprehensive Public Procurement Law (PPL) on February 22, 2000. The first World Bank Country … Procurement Assessment Report (CPAR) for Ukraine finalized in November 2001 included an action plan for improving systemic … efficiency of public procurement. Since the 2001 CPAR, the country has undergone numerous political and economic changes with …

bilateral and multilateral donors having a concern for increasing the effectiveness, efficiency and transparency of procurement … systems, under the auspices of the joint World Bank and OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Procurement Round Table … initiative, worked together to develop a set of tools and standards that provide guidance for improvements in procurement systems …

auspices of The World Bank, this intervention for assessing the procurement systems of the provincial with the objective of … benchmarking the performance of procurement management systems was embarked upon. This report covers the assessment for the … province of Balochistan undertaken in the month of September 2006. This snapshot of procurement systems performance assessment …

procurement systems arrangements (regulatory and human resources) into one harmonized system, anchored on the effective … implementation of the LCE, remains of paramount importance to improve public procurement in Honduras. For this to be possible and for … implementation of the program for efficiency and transparency in government procurement; and 3) Review of the government policy on …