Public Procurement Reforms in Africa book launch - Brussels, 9 December 2014

On Tuesday 09th December, the European Commission DG DevCo InfoPoint hosted the launch of the book, ‘Public Procurement Reforms in Africa’. Mr. Jose Correia Nunes, Head of Unit DG DevCo 03, Budget Support and Public Finance Management introduced the authors Prof. Claude Menard (Econmics Department, Sorbonne), Ms Christine Léon de Mariz (consultant, former Senior Economist at World Bank) and Bernard Abeillé (consultant, formerly World Bank). Prof. Menard and Ms. Léon de Mariz presented their book focusing on the institutional reforms and changes that are taken at the government level.

The authors identified that the definition of weak institutions refers to institutional frameworks which are not well-defined, and where implementation and enforcement is lacking. The book draws three key lessons : i) increase financial and human resource devoted to capacity building, ii) promote coordination among actors involved in reforms, iii) promote benchmarking through adoption of tools and implementation of devices for assessing results in a comparative way. The authors also specifically address: i) the legislative and regulatory framework, ii) the institutional framework and management capacity, iii) procurement operations and market practices ; iv) integrity and transparency of the public procurement system. Additionally, they highlighted that two types of institutions positively contribute to enhanced public procurement environment, namely those that foster exchange and those that influence state and other powerful actors.

Here is a link to the book.

Here is a link to CTA's work on land access.

http://brussels.cta.int/index.php?option=com_k2&id=9525:public-procurem…