Towards a Framework for Anti-corruption and Improved Procurement Governance in Uganda .The Role of Administrative Efficiency.
Public procurement has been and remains a core function of the public sector. When it is managed effectively and efficiently, it can contribute immensely towards attaining good governance within the now-complex public sector systems. This is due to a number of reasons. First, public procurement...
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Administratio Publica
2021
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/522 |
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| Summary: | Public procurement has been and remains a core function of the public
sector. When it is managed effectively and efficiently, it can contribute
immensely towards attaining good governance within the now-complex
public sector systems. This is due to a number of reasons. First, public procurement
is a large contributor to government resource expenditure. When
such resources are put to good use, it is expected to render a positive impact.
Second, public procurement facilitates the attainment of broader government
goals through its acquisition functions. Third, in most countries,
public procurement as a key of corruption has been perpetuated, which
has led to a leakage of public resources that would otherwise be devoted to
service delivery. This article argues that promoting administrative efficiency,
which will be a function of implemented governance structures, processes,
values and mechanisms, is a likely panacea to procurement governance
challenges. To this end, the article develops a framework to address public
procurement-related corruption through improved governance. The framework
is based on the underlying philosophy that the challenges relating to
corruption in public procurement are built on a broader system of corruption
within the entire administrative system of government. As such, any
efforts to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the public procurement
function ultimately needs to be anchored on a broader governmentwide
administrative systems improvement strategy. |
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