Research on red flags in government contracting, by @LizDavidBarrett @mihaly_fazekas @ollihellmann funded by British Academy/DFID Anti-Corruption Evidence Prog
<ACE>news! The @corruption_red team is hugely productive, with diverse & hard hitting workstreams on corruption risks in public procurement at country level, sectors (e.g. health), with WB, IMF, and (quiet groan about academic pub processes) this journal paper finally out!
《A.C.E.》
The Anti-Corruption Evidence programme has deep dive research on A/C in key growth & development sectors, & also studies like this👇 on big over-arching governance themes like
👍《public service integrity》
& @corruption_red on corruption risks in public procurement.
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@corruption_red lessons for now / from historical data
"[2003 procurement] reform made bidding more competitive, but insider firms retained market share. Govt officials evaded the reform by concentrating corruption on non-treated processes".
#whackamole
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In case you missed this on friday.
This relates to <all> sectors in which DFID funds research, so please share with non governance / conflict / inclusion / humanitarian colleagues in your organisation / university /consortium; & administrators.
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Big data red flags in procurement - Jamaica this time.
'use cases' multiplying, & so many interested partners. Roll on online portal tools being developed by
@corruption_red
(😊Feels good when innovative rsrch sparks innovative action w/ huge potential impact)