Integrity in public procurement
Subtitle: good practice from A to Z.
Contributors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Publisher: OECD
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Paris]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
ISBN-13: 9789264027503
Subjects: Government purchasing
Other titles: Intégrité dans les marchés publics.
Description: Of all government activities, public procurement is most vulnerable to corruption. In OECD countries, bribery by international firms is more pervasive in public procurement than in utilities, taxation, or judiciary. Most international efforts to fight corruption have focused exclusively on the bidding process. But this is only the tip of the iceberg. Recent corruption scandals have spotlighted grey areas throughout the whole public procurement cycle, including in needs assessment and contract management. Reform efforts have also often neglected exceptions to competitive procedures such as emergency contracting and defence procurement. This book offers practical insights into how the profession of procurement is evolving to cope with the growing demand for integrity, drawing on the experience of procurement practitioners as well as audit, competition and anti-corruption specialists. It provides, for the first time, a comparative overview of practices meant to enhance integrity throughout the whole procurement cycle, with examples from both OECD and non-OECD countries.
Notes: "Also available in French under the title: Lʼintégrité dans les marchés publics : les bonnes practiques de A à Z."

Inicludes bibliographic references (p. 161-171).

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