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Empowering auditors: Indonesia uses data-driven oversight to clean up its corruption-prone procurement sector

Open Contracting Partnership

According to a monitoring report by Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW), there were 1,586 cases of corruption in procurement detected between 2016 and 2022, amounting to total losses to the state of around US$2.7 In the second case, the road to be repaired had only been built in 2016 and was still in good condition. billion). “We

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Strengthening public procurement in Africa: a conversation with Joyeuse Uwingeneye

Open Contracting Partnership

Kicking off with a pilot in 2016, it built a pioneering e-procurement system and is now working on ensuring its adoption by all government agencies in the country. The system is decentralized, with institutions having capacity in-house. It starts from the time you are planning for the budget.

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Improving climate resilience in flood-prone Assam, India

Open Contracting Partnership

In the past, regions that were slow to ask for assistance were left behind, and authorities lacked the capacity to understand if spending meets the needs of the most vulnerable, or whether it is helping build resilience to cope with future floods. McGovern Foundation. million people.

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DOE Considers Using the Defense Production Act to Increase Output and Deployment of Clean Energy Technologies

The Contractor's Perspective

Under the DPA declaration of policy, Congress has found that it is in the interest of national defense preparedness that governmental assurance exists for a certain capacity level to produce and provide renewable energy sources. A total of $135 million was transferred between FY2014-2016. 4502(a)(6).

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State-Funded Arbitration Institutions and Responsibility under International Law: The Case of Istanbul Arbitration Centre

Kluwer Arbitration

Legislative History, Legal Structure and Financing of the Centre The Istanbul Arbitration Centre, a recent addition to the existing arbitration institutions in Türkiye , commenced its operations by registering its first case in 2016. The Centre exists in a grey area where elements of both public and private law can be identified.

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Four Strategies to Make Tobacco Taxation an Effective Tool to Reduce Consumption

Inter-American Development Bank

Tobacco tax policies in Brazil and Argentina, for instance, are complex, which if combined with a weak control and monitoring state capacity can open the door to diverse forms of manipulation and lead to lower revenue. Keep your tax simple Tax policy should adhere to the following principles: simplicity, revenue, and efficiency.

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Applying AI to Advance Agency Missions

FedInsider

His work in the private sector provided him an opportunity to learn and lead teams with Closing the books; SEC Reporting; IT and Business Auditing; Business Process design, Budgets & Reporting, Governance, Risk & Compliance; Technology implementations (Oracle, SAP) and Organizational restructuring. Department of Veterans Affairs.