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How Kazakhstan is combating non-competitive procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

In the general public procurement market (valued at around US$19 billion annually), direct awards have dropped from 81% of the value of all procedures in 2017 to 23.5% The number of suppliers per buyer increased from 8.0 The data also indicates that buyers are making a concerted effort to improve their planning.

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India’s federal procurement data infrastructure

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

Some of these challenges are made more explicit in our most recent report, “India’s Federal Procurement Data Infrastructure: Observations and Recommendations.” Use unique standardised IDs for organisations—both buyers and suppliers—in addition to their names. detailed product codes and structured addresses).

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Digital procurement, PPDS and multi-speed datafication -- some thoughts on the March 2023 PPDS Communication

How to Crack a Nut

Following the same rhetoric of transformation, the PPDS Communication now stresses that ‘ Integrated data combined with the use of state-of the-art and emerging analytics technologies will not only transform public procurement, but also give new and valuable insights to public buyers, policy-makers, businesses and interested citizens alike ‘ (at 2).