Public Procurement Law in Sub-Saharan Africa

Dr. Annika Engelbert

doi:10.5771/9783845283081

Summary

Public procurement is a core government activity that is highly prone to corruption. Why, despite joint efforts of national governments and the international donor community to strengthen statutory frameworks, are public procurement systems in Sub-Saharan Africa still insufficiently equipped to prevent corruption? It is the purpose of the book to advance Law and Development research by (a) assessing the effectiveness of institutional means to curb procurement-related corruption in Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda; (b) treating law as a means to foster development, and (c) applying qualitative research methods to establish causal mechanisms between law and the social phenomenon of corruption. The book shows that while procurement systems are on paper well suited to serve as anti-corruption instruments, implementation gaps are significant; thus, ‘law in books’ and ‘law in action’ differ to a large extent. The reasons are unearthed on the political, institutional, and individual level.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2017
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-4026-0
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-8308-1
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Recht und Verfassung in Afrika - Law and Constitution in Africa
Volume: 31
Language: English
Pages: 289
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 10
List of Abbreviations No access Pages 11 - 12
1. The use of country procurement systems No access
2. Current state of research No access
3. Research questions No access
4. Structure of the study No access
1. 1. Defining public procurement No access
  2. Framing corruption No access
  3. The development context No access
  4. Corruption – a principal-agent problem? No access
  5. Summary No access
2. 1. Risk factors for corruption in public procurement No access
  2. Public procurement law as an anti-corruption tool No access
  3. Operationalizing anti-corruption in public procurement systems No access
  4. Summary No access
1. Putting the research project into context No access
2. Methodological choices No access
3. Research methods No access
4. Interview data collection and analysis No access
5. Summary No access
1. Corruption levels in Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda No access
2. 1. Good governance and new institutionalism in development cooperation No access
  2. ‘Corruption eruption’: The axiomatic shift in the World Bank’s anti-corruption discourse No access
  3. Donor-driven public procurement reform strategies No access
  4. Critical reflections on donor-driven public procurement reform strategies No access
3. 1. The United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) No access
  2. The African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (AU Convention) No access
  3. Agreements of Regional Economic Communities No access
4. 1. The political systems in a nutshell No access
  2. Early developments of public procurement systems No access
  3. Area of application of public procurement laws No access
  4. Central public procurement organs No access
  5. Internal organization of procuring entities No access
  6. Public procurement principles No access
5. Summary No access
1. 1. Open tendering and alternative competitive methods No access
  2. Non-competitive procurement methods No access
  3. Framework agreements No access
2. 1. Tender specifications and terms of reference No access
  2. Qualification criteria No access
  3. Evaluation criteria No access
3. 1. Publication of general public procurement rules No access
  2. Publication in the pre-submission phase No access
  3. Publication in the post-submission phase No access
4. 1. Needs assessment and procurement planning No access
  2. Contract management No access
5. Summary No access
1. 1. Record keeping No access
  2. Disclosure of conflicts of interest No access
  3. Decentralized decision making No access
  4. Audits No access
2. 1. Review systems No access
  2. Debarment of bidders No access
  3. Disciplinary and criminal sanctions against procurement officers No access
  4. Cooperation with law enforcement organs No access
3. Summary No access
1. The divergence between ‘law in books’ and ‘law in action’ No access
2. 1. Political will No access
  2. Ownership No access
  3. Funding of regulatory authorities No access
  4. Budget planning and release No access
  5. Coexistence of legal and social norms No access
  6. Ethics No access
  7. Professional procurement capacity No access
1. Synopsis No access
2. Key findings No access
3. Recommendations No access
4. Contributions and limitations of the study No access
References No access Pages 265 - 289