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

Open Contracting Partnership

But these businesses rarely take part in public procurement due to long-standing cultural barriers, overly bureaucratic processes and the sense that to win public contracts, they must have the right connections. It’s a “missed opportunity,” says Egghead Odewale, Director General of Ekiti State’s Bureau of Public Procurement (EKBPP).

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Saving the planet through procurement: Governments are identifying ways to use purchasing to achieve and support sustainability goals

American City & Country

Sustainable government procurement is the process of acquiring goods and services that meet the government entity’s needs while minimizing environmental and social impacts. calls for the promotion of “public procurement practices that are sustainable, in accordance with national policies and priorities.” Train the staff.

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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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Challenge: In 2020, public procurement in the Dominican Republic lacked public trust and credibility due to several high-level corruption scandals. The island’s procurement agency faced more than 250 open complaints and allegations of collusion and low competition in the procurement process. More recently, it canceled a RD$1.3

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An In-Depth Examination of Inflation Relief for a Government Contractor

Procurement Notes

In September 2022, iron ore was valued at approximately 99.8 ” [6] Turning to labor costs, BLS’ July 2022 Employment Cost Index (“ECI”) revealed that “[c]ompensation costs for private industry workers increased 5.5 percent from June 2021 to June 2022. .” percent from June 2021 to June 2022. percent.” [7]

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6 steps for civic monitors to identify fraud risks in procurement in Indonesia

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Civic participation can play an important role in monitoring risks in government procurement projects that may lead to uncompetitive practices, wasteful spending and project delays. In Indonesia, members of the public can file official complaints about suspicious procurement practices. Of those, 70 cases were rejected.