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Building a Successful Procurement System: Insights from International Experience William E. Kovacic George Washington University/Kings College London National Workshop on the Revised WTO Government Procurement Agreement Brasilia, 2-3 May

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Building a Successful Procurement System: Insights from International Experience

William E. Kovacic George Washington University/King’s College London National Workshop on the Revised WTO Government Procurement Agreement Brasilia, 2-3 May 2018

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This Afternoon’s Agenda

  • International Experience: Relevance
  • Foundations for Successful Systems
  • Virtuous Cycle
  • Caveat: Personal Views Only
  • Contact: wkovacic@law.gwu.edu
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Resources

  • Anderson & Kovacic, Competition Policy and

International Trade Liberalisation: Essential Complements to Ensure Good Performance in Public Procurement Markets, 2009 Public Procurement Law Review 43

  • Anderson, Kovacic & Mueller, Ensuring Integrity

and Competition in Public Procurement, in The WTO Regime on Government Procurement: Challenge and Reform 67 (Sue Arrowsmith & Robert Anderson, eds., Cambridge Univ. Press, 2011)

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Why Study International Experience

  • Common Phenomena
  • Extensive Policy Experiments
  • Performance Measurement
  • Cross-Border Cooperation
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Elements of Successful Systems

  • Team
  • Framework
  • Engagement
  • Routine Upgrades
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Team

  • Capabilities and Commitments
  • Rationale for Investment

–Compare central banks

  • Weak Capabilities

– Less speed, more complexity

  • University Programs
  • Agency Training: Internal and External
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Framework

  • Access and Openness

– Antidote to collusion and corruption – Domestic and foreign participation – Note: electronic commerce improvements

  • Transparency

– Invites participation, increases legitimacy

  • Post-Grant Reviews

– Safeguard against administrative error, poor incentives, corruption

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Engagement

  • Domestic:

–Business –Civil society –Elected officials –Related public agencies: e.g., competition

  • International

–Learning and Experimentation

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Periodic Upgrades

  • Evaluation Regime

– Process – Restrictions: rationale vs. actual results

  • Less restrictive alternatives?

– Outcomes

  • Refinements
  • Virtuous Cycle

– Experimentation, assessment, refinements