This paper seeks to identify the way in which opportunities for corruption arise in the context of procurement. In looking at the government as a buyer, it considers the position of the procurement officer acting as agent on behalf of the elected ...

This paper attempts to go to the arguments and the methods for procurement control at the institutional design and legislative levels. It is based on, and uses in part, source material from the organizations referred to in the paper obtained from ...

In this report, the Italian e-procurement system is examined in order to assess whether it provides a transparent, accountable, reliable, feasible, and affordable technological solution to reduce corruption and increase transparency and ...