Public Procurement Reform and Governance in Africa (eBook)

S.N. Nyeck (Herausgeber)

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2016 | 1st ed. 2016
XIX, 366 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan US (Verlag)
978-1-137-52137-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This book presents an interdisciplinary exploration of the governance of public procurement reform in Africa. Through a bottom-up approach to case studies and comparative analyses, scholars, practitioners, and social activists write about the organizational mechanisms and implementation gaps in public procurement governance in light of the general premises of national reform. Reforming the ways in which government purchases works, goods, and services from the private sector is one of the most sweeping policy reform undertaken in Africa in the past decade. Despite the transnational scope of policy change, very little is known about the mechanisms of public procurement governance at the subnational level. The argument in this volume is that policy reforms that mitigate contractual hazards along the three-dimensional 'law-politics-business matrix' are more likely to bring about meaningful institutional transformation and broader social accountability. Key to substantive transformation of public procurement is the revitalization and professionalization of the public sector to meet the opportunities and challenges of development by contract.

S.N. Nyeck is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Clarkson University, USA. She is the co-editor of Sexual Diversity in Africa: Politics, Theory and Citizenship.

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This book presents an interdisciplinary exploration of the governance of public procurement reform in Africa. Through a bottom-up approach to case studies and comparative analyses, scholars, practitioners, and social activists write about the organizational mechanisms and implementation gaps in public procurement governance in light of the general premises of national reform. Reforming the ways in which government purchases works, goods, and services from the private sector is one of the most sweeping policy reform undertaken in Africa in the past decade. Despite the transnational scope of policy change, very little is known about the mechanisms of public procurement governance at the subnational level. The argument in this volume is that policy reforms that mitigate contractual hazards along the three-dimensional "e;law-politics-business matrix"e; are more likely to bring about meaningful institutional transformation and broader social accountability. Key to substantive transformation ofpublic procurement is the revitalization and professionalization of the public sector to meet the opportunities and challenges of development by contract.

Inhalt

List of Tables and FiguresAcronymsForewordEdmond KellerIntroductionS.N.NyeckPart I:  Procurement and Governance: Historical Precedents and Theoretical Reflections Chapter 1: Implicit Dimensions of Public Procurement Contracts: African History and Debates S.N. NyeckChapter 2: Why Do some African Countries Negotiate Unfair Resource Contracts? Chrysantus Ayangafac, Dassa Bulcha and Sehen BekelePart II: Public Procurement and Institutional TransformationChapter 3: Procurement Policy Subversion in Contracts between South African Retailers and Suppliers Marlese Von BroembsenChapter 4: Substantive and Objective Criteria in Preferential Public Procurement: The Case of   2011 Regulations in South AfricaStephen de La HarpeChapter 5: Deviations and (In)discretions in the Governance  of South African Public Entities EnjoyJustin LaingChapter 6: Decentralization and Accountability Challenges to Appointing Independent Bid Committees in the Public SectorFrank S. JenkinsChapter 7: Public Procurement in Botswana: A Survey of IssuesEmmanuel Botlhale Chapter 8: History and Evolution of Public Procurement Reforms in UgandaSimeon WanyamaPart III: Public Procurement and Social of AccountabilityChapter 9: Social Accountability Mechanisms and Public Procurement Reform in Nigeria Kingsley Tochi UdehChapter 10: The Role of New Technologies of Communication and Social Audits in Procurement MonitoringChibuzo C. Ekwekwuo & S.N. NyeckChapter 11: Governance in the Health Sector Procurement: The Role of Public and Private Practitioners in BotswanaMolefe B. Phirinyane & Keneilwe S. Mooketsane Chapter 12: Budget Allocation Mechanisms and Public Infrastructure Governance in Nigeria: Lesson from Osun StateOpawole Akintayo, J.G. Onajite, Opawole Oluwatoyin Chapter 13: The Governance of Concessionary Assets: A Review of the Partnership between Kenya and the Rift Valley Railways ConsortiumHenry Amadi AnnexesWorks Cited About the ContributorsIndex

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.6.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Contemporary African Political Economy
• Reihe/Serie: Contemporary African Political Economy
• Zusatzinfo: XIX, 366 p. 11 illus., 9 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Verwaltungsverfahrensrecht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
• Schlagworte: Africa • business • commissioning • decentralization • Development • Devolution • Governance • Institutions • Law • local government • Outsourcing • Politics • Public Policy • Public Procurement • Reform
• ISBN-10: 1-137-52137-6 / 1137521376
• ISBN-13: 978-1-137-52137-8 / 9781137521378