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Smarter collaboration: How Mexico City delivers major projects through inclusive planning

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Mexico City has devised an efficient, participatory, and transparent approach to seek input from potential suppliers and the public on draft contracting documents before a formal call to tender is announced. There are several benefits to this transparent discussion. It all starts with procurement. What’s next?

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Why Malaysia needs a new public procurement law

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In 2022, a new unity government was formed under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim coalition’s leadership. But at the heart of this transformation lies the principle of transparency. The strategy outlined in the NACP aimed to establish a dedicated public procurement law and revamp existing procurement practices.

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

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Between 2021 and 2022, the rejection rate of complaints submitted by citizens has halved from 78% in 2021 to 39% in 2022, cases resolved by auditing authorities have increased from 53% to 63%, and response times are faster, taking 262 days down from 338 days in 2021. Semarang City made a similar agreement in 2023.

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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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It has debarred more than 60 suppliers for violations, and reduced unresolved complaints and canceled tenders. in 2020 to 96% and single-bid tenders decreased across all methods – from 62.5% During the pandemic, the agency suspended a tender to buy overpriced digital textbooks. in 2020 to 59.7% More recently, it canceled a RD$1.3

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

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Results: The number of women-led businesses registered in the official state public procurement system increased by 43% from 2021 and 2022 to a total of 158 businesses, winning a total of 47 contracts, up from a mere 7 in 2020. The bidding process was also restructured to lower the barriers for such businesses to register and submit bids.

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Chile’s procurement monitoring system now open to the public

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ChileCompra has not only established a formal channel for bidders and citizens to report questionable contracts to authorities for the first time, it has also published the Observatory’s investigation reports and statistics on complaints from the public, making oversight of the procurement system fully transparent. “[In Of these, US$19.5

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Strengthening public procurement in Africa: a conversation with Joyeuse Uwingeneye

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It’s an appropriate workplace for the woman spearheading efforts to increase transparency and oversight of public spending in Rwanda, by digitalizing the platform running the country’s public procurement and professionalizing its workforce and processes. Rwanda’s debarment regime was also revised in 2022.