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Infrastructure provision and Africa's trade and development prospects: Potential role and relevance of The WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA)
Niggli, Nicholas C.; Osei-Lah, Kodjo - 2014
Two issues stand out in this conversation. The first concerns the unfinished business of the global fight against the scourge of poverty, which impacts one region more than most: Africa. At the same time, a key pre-requisite for economic performance - affordable and efficient public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010435379
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The relationship between services trade and government procurement commitments: Insights from relevant WTO agreements and recent RTAs
Anderson, Robert D.; Locatelli, Claudia; Müller, Anna … - 2014
To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This paper examines the systemic and other ramifications of this exclusion, from both an economic and a legal point of view. In addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010435382
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The relationship between services trade and government procurement commitments: Insights from relevant WTO agreements and recent RTAs
Anderson, Robert D.; Locatelli, Claudia; Müller, Anna … - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2014
To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This paper examines the systemic and other ramifications of this exclusion, from both an economic and a legal point of view. In addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011115144
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Infrastructure provision and Africa's trade and development prospects: Potential role and relevance of The WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA)
Niggli, Nicholas C.; Osei-Lah, Kodjo - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2014
Two issues stand out in this conversation. The first concerns the unfinished business of the global fight against the scourge of poverty, which impacts one region more than most: Africa. At the same time, a key pre-requisite for economic performance - affordable and efficient public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011115722
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Public Procurement and Rent-Seeking: The Case of Paraguay
Auriol, Emmanuelle; Flochel, Thomas; Straub, Stéphane - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) - 2011
A model of entrepreneurial choices in an economy with a corrupt public procurement sector is built, providing predictions along two main dimensions. First, corruption is more frequent in sectors where public institutions are large buyers. Second, firms favoured with corrupt contracts enjoy extra...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009369360
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Public Procurement and Rent-Seeking: The Case of Paraguay
Auriol, Emmanuelle; Flochel, Thomas; Straub, Stéphane - Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse … - 2011
A model of entrepreneurial choices in an economy with a corrupt public procurement sector is built, providing predictions along two main dimensions. First, corruption is more frequent in sectors where public institutions are large buyers. Second, firms favoured with corrupt contracts enjoy extra...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002328
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Public Procurement and Rent-Seeking: The Case of Paraguay
Auriol, Emmanuelle; Flochel, Thomas; Straub, Stéphane - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
A model of entrepreneurial choices in an economy with a corrupt public procurement sector is built, providing predictions along two main dimensions. First, corruption is more frequent in sectors where public institutions are large buyers. Second, firms favoured with corrupt contracts enjoy extra...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008865969
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Infrastructure provision and Africa's trade and development prospects : potential role and relevance of The WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA)
Niggli, Nicholas C.; Osei-Lah, Kodjo - 2014 - Manuscript date: 30 October, 2014
Two issues stand out in this conversation. The first concerns the unfinished business of the global fight against the scourge of poverty, which impacts one region more than most: Africa. At the same time, a key pre-requisite for economic performance - affordable and efficient public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010426539
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The relationship between services trade and government procurement commitments : insights from relevant WTO agreements and recent RTAs
Anderson, Robert D.; Locatelli, Claudia; Müller, Anna … - 2014 - Manuscript date: 24 October, 2014
To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This paper examines the systemic and other ramifications of this exclusion, from both an economic and a legal point of view. In addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010430680
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Bad Translation or Double Standards? Productivity and Accountability Across the Private, Public and Voluntary Sectors
Stein, Janice - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …
In this chapter by Janice Stein warns about the dangers of adopting a narrow conception of productivity and efficiency …. Building on her analysis in The Cult of Efficiency, she argues that the language of efficiency, understood narrowly as cost … efficiency or productivity of a public service requires a measurement of the value or utility generated by the service. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005481814