Appropriate laws and regulations are essential tools to direct the action of procurers toward the public good and avoid corruption and misallocation of resource
Public procurement affects a substantial share of world trade flows, amounting to 1000 billion euros per year. In the EU, the public purchase of works, goods an
This book explores Public Procurement novelties and challenges in an interdisciplinary way. The process whereby the public sector awards contracts to companies
The decision not to launch negotiations in the World Trade Organization (WTO) on three of the Singapore Issues in the so-called July 2004 package provides an op
Institutional reforms and their contribution to development and growth have been a source of renewed interest as well as of many challenges over the last two de