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How Kazakhstan is combating non-competitive procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

Why it matters An overreliance on non-competitive procedures makes the procurement market highly vulnerable to corruption and inefficient public spending. In total, 1200 criminal corruption offenses were registered in Kazakhstan from January to July 2024 8.1% more than the same period in 2023. by value in 2022, 3.2% in 2023, and 3.7%

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Measuring the benefits of open contracting: Case studies on Mexico, Paraguay, and Slovakia

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

This suggests that the intervention increased the level of competition in tenders that were already competitive, but it increased the share of high-corruption risk, single-bidder contracts in the very short-run. However, the average number of received bids increases by 0.5 bids without direct contracts considered.

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