Fighting Corruption and Promoting Integrity in Public Procurement

Public procurement the purchase of goods and services by governments and state-owned enterprises accounts for about 15 per cent of GDP in OECD countries and is highly exposed to corruption. Both public and private actors in the procurement process may be tempted to divert goods and services or public funds for their personal use. To identify weak links in the public procurement process where the risk of corruption is high, to explore the best ways of improving transparency and accountabilit