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How to Prevent Debt from Hurting Economic Growth

Inter-American Development Bank

This means that there is a tipping point, or threshold, at which higher debt levels become detrimental to growth. The debt threshold is not the same for all countries because it can be influenced by different factors such as the economic structure, for example. For LAC countries, this threshold is at approximately 53 percent of GDP.

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Smart Public Procurement for Better Public Spending in Latin America and the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank

Smart public procurement refers to making optimal decisions to minimize waste and enhance the quality, efficiency and sustainability of public spending when purchasing and contracting goods, works and services. Better contracts and processes, for example, could reduce the risk of delays, quality problems or unexpected costs.

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Some reflections on the Commission's communication on the Public Procurement Data Space

Telles.eu

For example, the Communication recognises that 80% of contracts are below-thresholds and as such no real procurement data is captured about them beyond the approach taken by individual member States in using TED for the notices or doing so via national portals. Wouldn't it be great if all that data was captured in a single place?

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CIO-SP4 drives 22% surge in bid protests filed in fiscal year 2023, according to GAO

FedScoop

It has faced multiple challenges from companies seeking to be included in it since the NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center ( NITAAC ) first requested proposals in May 2021. The only place you can go is GAO once you meet certain dollar thresholds.” There were 368 in fiscal 2023, compared to 344 in fiscal 2022.

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Could a HUD-funded 3D-printing project transform housing in Alaska?

FedScoop

Almost 79,000 households were spending more than 30% of their income on housing-related costs, the report noted, exceeding a threshold that, according to HUD, impacts the ability to pay for other basic needs. Residents have been asking, “will it work in Nome? And I believe it will.”

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Ascendancy of Institutional Arbitration in the Gulf: Abu Dhabi Adds New International Arbitration Centre

Kluwer Arbitration

Abu Dhabi’s Institutional Facelift Until the opening of the ICC Court of Arbitration’s fifth overseas case management office in the ADGM in 2021, the UAE’s capital hosted only one arbitral institution: the Abu Dhabi Commercial Conciliation and Arbitration Centre (“ ADCCAC ”). 34 of 2021 (“ Decree No. million in value.

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

How to Crack a Nut

The 2020 data strategy stressed that Public procurement data are essential to improve transparency and accountability of public spending, fighting corruption and improving spending quality. In many cases, the data quality needs to be improved.