The nature of multiple procurement rules and the policy issues arising from multiplicity of rules: a case study of Ghana
Many African countries such as Ghana have adopted rules and procedures that regulate the conduct of public procurement. These developing countries usually rely on foreign aid, which is disbursed through public procurement, to undertake major development projects. However, unreliable domestic systems...
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| description | Many African countries such as Ghana have adopted rules and procedures that regulate the conduct of public procurement. These developing countries usually rely on foreign aid, which is disbursed through public procurement, to undertake major development projects. However, unreliable domestic systems contribute to the motivation of donors who usually require beneficiary countries to apply procurement rules and procedures set out by the donor for the implementation of development projects funded by the donor. Different rules of donors are applicable to procurement in addition to existing rules under the domestic regime, which results in the application of multiple procurement rules.
Adopting a doctrinal approach, this thesis examines the issues of multiple procurement regimes using Ghana as a case study. It seeks to analyse the manner of interaction between the rules of the different regimes and to identify and elaborate the policy issues arising from the application and interaction of the different sets of rules.
The thesis concludes that policies of the multiple procurement rules are almost the same but rather expressed in different terminologies. However, implementation of the multiple rules may have negative implications not only for the achievement of domestic policies such as value for money and simplification of procedures, but also for policies of the development partners that seek to promote domestic development on issues such as corruption and local capacity development. Particularly, the significant complexity created in the system, may work against other policies on domestic development |
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| spelling | nottingham-330612025-02-28T11:47:53Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33061/ The nature of multiple procurement rules and the policy issues arising from multiplicity of rules: a case study of Ghana Borson, Fred Many African countries such as Ghana have adopted rules and procedures that regulate the conduct of public procurement. These developing countries usually rely on foreign aid, which is disbursed through public procurement, to undertake major development projects. However, unreliable domestic systems contribute to the motivation of donors who usually require beneficiary countries to apply procurement rules and procedures set out by the donor for the implementation of development projects funded by the donor. Different rules of donors are applicable to procurement in addition to existing rules under the domestic regime, which results in the application of multiple procurement rules. Adopting a doctrinal approach, this thesis examines the issues of multiple procurement regimes using Ghana as a case study. It seeks to analyse the manner of interaction between the rules of the different regimes and to identify and elaborate the policy issues arising from the application and interaction of the different sets of rules. The thesis concludes that policies of the multiple procurement rules are almost the same but rather expressed in different terminologies. However, implementation of the multiple rules may have negative implications not only for the achievement of domestic policies such as value for money and simplification of procedures, but also for policies of the development partners that seek to promote domestic development on issues such as corruption and local capacity development. Particularly, the significant complexity created in the system, may work against other policies on domestic development 2016-07-14 Thesis (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en arr https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33061/1/MPhil%20Thesis%20-%20Final.pdf Borson, Fred (2016) The nature of multiple procurement rules and the policy issues arising from multiplicity of rules: a case study of Ghana. MPhil thesis, University of Nottingham. Procurement; Ghana; Foreign aid; Development aid; World Bank; Development financing; Aid to Africa; multiple procurement rules |
| spellingShingle | Procurement; Ghana; Foreign aid; Development aid; World Bank; Development financing; Aid to Africa; multiple procurement rules Borson, Fred The nature of multiple procurement rules and the policy issues arising from multiplicity of rules: a case study of Ghana |
| title | The nature of multiple procurement rules and the policy issues arising from multiplicity of rules: a case study of Ghana |
| title_full | The nature of multiple procurement rules and the policy issues arising from multiplicity of rules: a case study of Ghana |
| title_fullStr | The nature of multiple procurement rules and the policy issues arising from multiplicity of rules: a case study of Ghana |
| title_full_unstemmed | The nature of multiple procurement rules and the policy issues arising from multiplicity of rules: a case study of Ghana |
| title_short | The nature of multiple procurement rules and the policy issues arising from multiplicity of rules: a case study of Ghana |
| title_sort | nature of multiple procurement rules and the policy issues arising from multiplicity of rules: a case study of ghana |
| topic | Procurement; Ghana; Foreign aid; Development aid; World Bank; Development financing; Aid to Africa; multiple procurement rules |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33061/ |