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

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Results: The reform has led to significant improvements, particularly in audits triggered by public complaints. 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

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Unlocking opportunities: How Ekiti State, Nigeria is enabling women businesses through better procurement practices

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The public procurement agency improved access to information about upcoming opportunities for women-led and small businesses and conducted training to improve their capacity to respond. It’s a “missed opportunity,” says Egghead Odewale, Director General of Ekiti State’s Bureau of Public Procurement (EKBPP).

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Paraguay’s procurement is open for small business

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The team developed a three-pronged strategy: talk to MSMEs and build their capacity to bid on contracts; simplify the bidding process for smaller businesses; and use innovative technology to better measure and manage opportunities for small business vendors. and the total value awarded to MSMEs has remained steady.

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A red light for corruption: How the Dominican Republic is using open data, better processes & collaboration to fight corruption

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Approach: The new director of the procurement agency led the development of a data-driven corruption risk monitoring system and worked with a reform team to strengthen the institutional capacity of government buyers, improve cross-agency coordination and increase collaboration with civil society.