Anti-corruption
A large part of government expenditure is disbursed through the procurement system and this naturally opens the possibility of corrupt practices in the procurement cycle. Corruption in procurement can take many forms and can occur in all stages of the procurement cycle from identification of needs and developing specifications/statement of works to the actual competitive process and the certification of goods/services/works delivered and the payment cycle.
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Independent Review of the ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative
Policy and strategy documents
2009 marked the 10th anniversary of the ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific. At its 12th meeting in Singapore, the Steering Group therefore decided to conduct a review of the Initiative to assess its impact on fighting corruption in the region, as well as to determine its future direction.
Uploaded: 2010-02-26 Download (external site)
Supporting the fight against Corruption in Asia and the Pacific: The ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative
Policy and strategy documents
This brief outlines the details of the ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific.
Uploaded: 2010-02-26 Download (external site)
OECD Anti-bribery Convention Progress Report 2009
Assessments and studies, Policy and strategy documents
This, the fifth edition of the yearly report published by Transparency International, reveals that the overwhelming majority of the world’s leading exporting nations is failing to fully enforce a ban on foreign bribery.
Uploaded: 2010-01-13 Download
Construction Sector Transparency Initiative
Relevant websites
This is the website for CoST - an international multi-stakeholder initiative designed to increase transparency and accountability in the construction sector. It is supported by the Department for International Development (DFID) and the World Bank and piloted in seven countries.
Uploaded: 2009-12-17 Download (external site)
Methodology for Assessing the Capacities of Anti-Corruption Agencies to Perform Preventive Functions
Europe & the CIS, Europe
Policy and strategy documents
This Methodology, developed by UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre, builds on best practices and lessons learned derived from support provided to anti-corruption agencies in the specific context of the Eastern European and the CIS countries. Public procurement is addressed throughout this Methodology.
Uploaded: 2009-12-11 Download
The Political Economy of Public Procurement Reform
Articles and literature
This article by Transparency International examines political economy in relation to procurement reform and capacity development. It also presents the findings of existing studies and provides links to further reading on the matter.
Uploaded: 2009-09-09 Download (external site)
The Role of Competition Authorities in Promoting Competition
Policy and strategy documents
This document comprises proceedings in the original languages of a roundtable discussion on Public Procurement, held by the OECD Competition Committee. This compilation is one of a series of publications entitled 'Competition Policy Roundtables'.
Uploaded: 2009-08-28 Download (external site)
Fighting Cartels in Public Procurement
Policy and strategy documents
This OECD policy brief discusses how public procurement is vulnerable to collusion, how the risks can be mitigated, how collusion can be detected during tendering, as well as suggesting some further relevant reading materials.
Uploaded: 2009-08-24 Download (external site)
Corruption in Public Procurement: Health Sector
Policy and strategy documents
This U4 theme page on public procurement corruption in the health sector explains the problem, suggests what can be done to avoid it and presents a number of cases and useful resources.
Uploaded: 2009-08-19 Download (external site)
Detecting Bid Rigging in Public Procurement
Policy and strategy documents
In addition to its Guidelines for Fighting Bid Rigging (also available on this website), the OECD Competition Divison has prepared this brochure to facilitate the use and dissemination of the Guidelines.
Uploaded: 2009-07-14 Download (external site)
Designing Tenders to Reduce Bid Rigging
Policy and strategy documents
In addition to its Guidelines for Fighting Bid Rigging (also available on this website), the OECD Competition Divison has prepared this brochure to facilitate the use and dissemination of the Guidelines.
Uploaded: 2009-07-14 Download (external site)
OECD Guidelines for Fighting Bid Rigging
Methodologies and toolkits, Policy and strategy documents
The OECD Competition Committee has developed a specific methodology to help governments improve public procurement by fighting bid rigging. The Guidelines assist procurement officials to, first, reduce the risks of bid rigging through careful design of the procurement process and, second, to detect bid rigging conspiracies during the procurement process.
Uploaded: 2009-07-14 Download (external site)
Corruption in Public Procurement: Education Sector
Policy and strategy documents
This U4 theme page on public procurement corruption in the education sector explains the problem, suggests what can be done to avoid it and presents a number of cases.
Uploaded: 2009-07-14 Download (external site)
Corruption in Emergency Procurement
Policy and strategy documents, Articles and literature
This U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre Issue Paper analyses how and where corruption typically occurs in emergency procurement, and what can be done. Suggested strategies reflect a multi-layered approach that stresses internal agency control mechanisms, conflict-sensitive management, and the need for common systems among operators.
Uploaded: 2009-04-24 Download (external site)
The Many Faces of Corruption
Articles and literature
This publication offers a useful framework to help reformers analyse corruption and target reforms at the sector level. It shows that combatting corruption is basically about improving governance, that operationally useful indicators can be used to track corruption and monitor progress and that the private sector and developed-country governments must share responsibility with developing-country governments in curbing it.
Uploaded: 2009-04-03 Download (external site)
Corruption in Public Procurement
Articles and literature
This page on the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre website gives an overview of corruption in public procurement. It includes a general introduction to public contracting and procurement, descibes how corruption operates in public contracting and offers some advice on how to combat it.
Uploaded: 2009-04-03 Download (external site)
Public Procurement Due Diligence Tool
Methodologies and toolkits
This link gives access to the 'Due Diligence Tool on Public Procurement' from the Business Anti-Corruption Portal. The tool is used to identify the 'red flags' at different stages of the public tendering process, thereby reducing the risks of being subject to corruption. The tool consists of guidance documents and an interactive tool, where a risk profile is produced.
Uploaded: 2008-11-07 Download (external site)
Keeping Government Contracts Clean
Policy and strategy documents
'Keeping Government Contracts Clean' is a Policy Brief by OECD that summarizes the approach of the principles for enhancing integrity in public procurement, approved in October 2006.
Uploaded: 2008-10-29 Download
Reform of Procurement Policies and Practices since the Adoption of the Thematic Review in 2006
Assessments and studies
At the 8th Steering Group meeting in May 2006, the member countries of the ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia-Pacific adopted the final report of their first thematic review on Curbing Corruption in Public Procurement in Asia and the Pacific. This document summarizes the progress reports that the members of the initiative delivered at the 11th Steering Group Meeting in May 2008.
Uploaded: 2008-09-26 Download
A Users’ Guide to Measuring Corruption
Methodologies and toolkits
A Users’ Guide to Measuring Corruption, jointly produced by UNDP and Global Integrity, is one of the first attempts to explore how best to use existing tools to measure what is increasingly viewed as one of the major impediments to development: corruption. Based on a review of the literature and bolstered by more than 30 original interviews with experts in the field, A Users’ Guide provides government, civil society and dev...
Uploaded: 2008-09-22 Download (external site)
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