Essays about: "public procurement and accountability"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words public procurement and accountability.

1. 1. Getting hard to resist: Prospect of mandatory human rights due diligence in Ukraine

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Ihor Konopka; [2021]
   Keywords : Business and human rights; corporate respect for human rights; due diligence; human rights due diligence; mandatory human rights due diligence; corporate civil liability; Ukraine; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The 2011 UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) introduced human rights due diligence (HRDD) as a societal expectation to businesses to implement a new kind of due diligence risk management process to ‘know and show’ they respect human rights. Ten years later, mandatory human rights due diligence (mHRDD) legislation imposing a legal duty to carry out HRDD has become mainstream across Europe. READ MORE

3. 2. Adoption of e-procurement in Rwandan Public institutions

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO)

   Author : Diane Gihozo; [2020]
   Keywords : Benefits; Challenges; Forms and Process of E-procurement;

   Abstract : In the modern competitive business environment, government institutions need to embrace information communications technology to remain competitive. Procurement has been recognized as a priority government agenda by many public sector agencies worldwide. READ MORE

4. 3. Who is Driving the Bus? - An Exploratory Study of Actors’ Perceptions of Accountability in The Swedish Public Bus Sector

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Benjamin Blom; Gregory Maliti; [2014]
   Keywords : New Public Management; accountability; juridification; contract management; regulations; perceptions; public procurement; provision of public service; politicians; civil servants; service providers; public bus service;

   Abstract : The past decades New Public Management (NPM) reforms in the public sector have changed how the mechanisms of accountability work. One type of reform is the privatization of public service provision. These services are today often procured with extensive regulations involved. READ MORE

5. 4. Assessment of Effectiveness of Public Procurement Process : The case study of Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs In Tanzania

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   Author : Christian Myowela; Alemante Ergete Gorfu; [2012]
   Keywords : corporate governance;

   Abstract : Presence of a free market economy has strongly increased competition among companies, this case has led them to find new techniques on how to sell their products or services while public sector have stopped engaging in business by privatizing their production companies. Nowadays in developing countries, all government expenditure depending fully in private sector for products or services, a good example is within stationery items, construction of roads, cleaning works, transportation and so forth. READ MORE

6. 5. Low-value procurement in humanitarian organizations - the importance of using purchasing management to improve supply function efficiency

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Teknisk logistik

   Author : Hugo Cabós Larroya; [2011]
   Keywords : developing countries; low-value procurement; humanitarian organization; policy management; public sector procurement; purchasing; Keywords: Procurement; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Background: Public sector organizations develop procurement policies and regulations to ensure appropriate funds management and practice of “best value for money” by managers and purchasing specialists. Nevertheless, while these policies ensure compliance, they often convert the procurement process in resource intensive activities. READ MORE