Public Procurement and Aid Effectiveness

This edited collection fills a significant gap in the literature by gathering contributions from the most prominent academics and practitioners of aid and procurement. It explores the economic, political and legal relationship between procurement and aid effectiveness in developing countries, and takes stock of current debates in the field. More specifically, the contributions analyse the failures and successes of current initiatives to foster effectiveness and streamline the aid procurement process, and address current themes emerging in the literature related to development, procurement and aid success. A pivotal and timely publication, Public Procurement and Aid Effectiveness will be of interest to a varied and multicultural international audience and a wide range of actors working on aid effectiveness, development, procurement and good governance initiatives in both donor and beneficiary countries.

PART I
THE ROADMAP
1. The Political Economy of Aid: Foreign Aid Effectiveness, Theories, Methods and the Challenges that Lie Ahead
Marco Zupi
2. Public Procurement, Investment and Aid Effectiveness
Oliver Morrissey
3. Procurement and Aid Effectiveness: The Journey so far
Annamaria La Chimia and Peter Trepte

PART II
HARMONISATION: THE FIRST PIT STOP
4. A Post-Modern Assessment of Global Harmonisation and Convergence: The Prospects and Challenges Going Forward to Further Global Standardisation of Procurement Regimes
Joshua I Schwartz
5. The Harmonisation Process in Developing Countries
Laurence Folliot-Lalliot

PART III
MEETING THE CHALLENGES ON THE WAY: UNTYING AID, FIGHTING CORRUPTION
AND A NEW ENTRY: SUSTAINABILITY
6. The Echternach Procession of Untying Aid
Annamaria La Chimia
7. Corruption and Procurement: Recalibrating the Sights
Peter Trepte
8. Sustainability and Public Procurement
Roberto Caranta and Carol Cravero

PART IV
STRENGTHENING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES' SYSTEMS: TURNING THE TIDE?
9. The Evolution of the Methodology for Assessing Procurement Systems (MAPS)
Lena Diesing and Paulo Magina
10. The Use of Country Systems
Annamaria La Chimia and Sope Williams-Elegbe
11. Maturity Model for Institutional Development of Procurement Units in Indonesia
Jeanmarie Meyer

PART V
THE PATH OF DONORS' REFORMS
12. The World Bank's Procurement Framework: An Assessment of Aid Effectiveness
Christopher R Yukins and Sope Williams-Elegbe
13. Harmonisation and Reforms at Other Multilateral Development Banks
Peter Trepte
14. Aid Effectiveness and Public Procurement – The USAID Experience
Jun Jin and Ronald Wietecha

PART VI
THE ROAD AHEAD
15. Development Outcomes and Procurement Reform
Jeffrey Gutman
16. Concluding Remarks: 'Are We There Yet'?
Annamaria La Chimia and Peter Trepte

“I have found the book to be truly excellent and very thought-provoking, not least because it covers much more than procurement as a conduit for the economic effectiveness of foreign/development aid. For sure, this core preoccupation of the aid community (and a fringe of procurement community) is addressed centrally, thoroughly and authoritatively in the book, including interdisciplinary perspectives from political scientists, economists, lawyers and leading practitioners at international institutions. The book is thus a very valuable source of information and analysis for anyone researching the field.” –  Albert Sanchez-Graells, Professor of Economic Law, University of Bristol Law School, How to Crack a Nut