Fighting Bribery in Public Procurement in Asia and the Pacific
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and Asian Development Bank
Contributors: Asian Development Bank
Series: ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9789264046955
Subjects: Governance
Description: Asian-Pacific countries have made significant efforts to address weaknesses in their procurement frameworks and practices. To support these efforts and to assist the ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative’s 28 member countries in strengthening their public-procurement mechanisms, the Initiative conducted a Regional Seminar on Fighting Bribery in Public Procurement in November 2007.  This volume compiles the experience that experts from Asian and Pacific countries – as well as beyond the region – shared during the seminar. It is addressed to policy makers and experts who wish to learn from other countries’ experiences in strengthening frameworks to protect public procurement from bribery and corruption risks.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1 - Bribery risks in public procurement and challenges for reform; title: Chapter 2 - Specialized procurement authorities' role in defining procurement policies and overseeing implementation; title: Chapter 3 - The potential of new technologies to prevent bribery in procurement: e-announcements, e-bidding and e-procurement; title: Chapter 4 - Preventing bribery through criminal law: international standards and national examples of bribery offences; title: Chapter 5 - Role and responsibility of suppliers in preventing bribery in public procurement; title: Chapter 6 - The role of civil society in curbing corruption in public procurement; title: Chapter 7 - Support from international and regional partners in improving procurement frameworks to prevent bribery; title: Annexes.