Procurement and Service Delivery : An Overview of Efforts to Improve Governance of Public Procurement at Local Levels in South Asia

Over the past decade, the overly centralized governance structures commonly found across South Asia have begun to change, with program and fiscal responsibility being devolved to local level government authorities and community-based organizations....

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Procurement Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS ASSETS AUDITORS AUTHORITY BIDDING BUSINESSES CAPABILITY CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL CITIES CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS CITIZEN CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COALITIONS COLLUSION COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY BASED MONITORING COMMUNITY BASED MONITORING SYSTEMS COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT COMMUNITY LEADERS COMMUNITY PROCUREMENT CONTROL SYSTEMS CORRUPT CORRUPT PRACTICES CORRUPTION CORRUPTION FIGHTERS DECENTRALIZATION DECISION MAKING DECISION-MAKING DEGREE OF AUTONOMY DEMOCRACY DISCLOSURE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION DISCRETION DISTRICTS ENTRY POINT ENTRY POINTS EXPENDITURE FORMAL STANDARDS FORMAL SYSTEM GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE CHALLENGE GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES GOVERNANCE INSTITUTIONS GOVERNANCE ISSUES GOVERNANCE PROCESSES GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT EFFORTS GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES GOVERNMENT TRUST GOVERNMENTAL POWER HUMAN RESOURCES ID IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS IMPLEMENTATION PROCESSES IMPROVING GOVERNANCE INFORMATION DEPARTMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM INITIATIVE INNOVATIONS INSPECTIONS INSTITUTION INSTITUTION BUILDING INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTEGRITY INTERNATIONAL LEVEL INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM LAWS LEADERSHIP LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT LIMITED ACCESS LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL GOVERNANCE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONARIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL INSTITUTIONS LOCAL LEVELS LOCAL MEDIA LOCAL NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS LOCAL PROCUREMENT MATERIAL MEASURING CORRUPTION MEDIA MONOPOLY MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL LEVEL NECESSARY SKILLS NEEDS ASSESSMENT NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS PDF PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PHOTO PILOT ACTIVITIES POLICY SUPPORT POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICIANS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTORS PROCUREMENT PROCUREMENT LAW PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES PROCUREMENT PROCESS PROCUREMENT PROCESSES PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC HEARINGS PUBLIC MANAGEMENT PUBLIC MONEY PUBLIC MONIES PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTABILITY PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE PUBLIC SPENDING REPRESENTATIVES RESULT RESULTS SANCTION SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIAL SERVICES TECHNICAL SUPPORT TRANSPARENCY USER USERS VERIFICATION VESTED INTERESTS WEB YOUTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/11/16532499/procurement-service-delivery-overview-efforts-improve-governance-public-procurement-local-levels-south-asia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12636