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How Kazakhstan is combating non-competitive procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

The achievement Kazakhstan has seen a dramatic decline in the use of single-source procurement in recent years. In the general public procurement market (valued at around US$19 billion annually), direct awards have dropped from 81% of the value of all procedures in 2017 to 23.5% Let’s take a closer look at them.

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Paraguay’s procurement is open for small business

Open Contracting Partnership

Results: A year after the new procurement law was passed, the public procurement agency (DNCP) is using machine-learning to identify tenders that are most likely to be awarded to smaller businesses. Firstly, they gathered the three key public procurement actors in the same team and aligned on the same vision.

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Six opportunities to promote resilience and decarbonization through fiscal policy

Inter-American Development Bank

Spending, taxation, public investment, debt management and financing policies can contribute to transform the behavior of different economic actors. Fortunately, progress has been made in the region and countries are in a position to develop diagnoses, tools, and institutional capacities to promote green procurement.

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