Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 28, 2024

Challenge: Indonesia’s public procurement sector is highly vulnerable to corruption. Fragmented and inconsistent auditing practices across the decentralized government system have impeded effective oversight. Data-driven monitoring enables citizens to submit high-quality complaints to authorities.

Corruption 90

Corruption Data E-procurement Procurement 90

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

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.

Corruption 78

Corruption Collaboration Data Public Procurement 78

Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Public procurement is like the heartbeat of public spending in most of Africa – by some estimates, it accounts for 17% of the GDP of African Countries. These included ongoing issues such as poor institutional coordination, lack of transparency, high levels of corruption, and murky lines of accountability.

Public Procurement 70

Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 70

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 28, 2023

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.

Procurement 52

Procurement Public Procurement Buyers Thresholds 52