Ghana - 2007 External Review of Public Financial Management : Volume 2. Public Procurement Assessment Report

The 2007 External Review of Public Financial Management (ERPFM) is the fourth in a series of annual assessments by the development agencies that contribute to the Multi-Donor budgetary support in Ghana. The 2007 ERPFM review has four main findings: 1) the progress in strengthening the Public Financial Management (PFM) system has been commendable. 2) In order to address the drivers of additional public spending in 2006 and 2007 as well as increase the effectiveness of public investment, attention now should focus on high return actions, such as: (i) completing the implementation of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Database (IPDD2) and other measures aimed at reasserting control over the wage bill; (ii) ensuring continued reduction in energy subsidies through alignment of tariffs with current market conditions, including the international oil market prices; and (iii) the building of capacity to prepare, appraise and implement large infrastructure projects, especially now that the Government is preparing for a major infrastructure investment drive. 3) A strong foundation has been laid for open, competitive and transparent public procurement and a major effort is underway with a view to building understanding of the new system and capacity to manage it. 4) The successful launch of the Ghanaian Eurobond provides the opportunity to reduce the Government's exposure to the domestic bond market, and restore the virtuous cycle of lower public sector indebtedness that was initiated in 2003 with reduction in domestic debt, declining inflation and domestic real interest rates, and rising public and private investment. The External Review of Public Financial Management (ERPFM) on these key findings, first, it covers recent economic performance and outlook and then reviews issues related to the pattern of public spending. After reporting on progress in strengthening public financial management, it summarizes findings of the public procurement assessment. The detailed findings of the public procurement assessment constitute volume two of the 2007 ERPFM. At the end the ERPFM proposes to focus on in the short and medium-term and the baseline scores of Ghana's public procurement system for each of the 54 sub-indicators covered by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development - Assistance Committee (OECD-DAC) methodology, respectively.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2008-06
Subjects:	ACCOUNT, ACCOUNTABILITY, ACTION PLAN, ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUCTIONS, ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW, ADVERTISEMENT, ANNUAL PROCUREMENT, ANTI CORRUPTION, ANTI-CORRUPTION, AUDIT REPORTS, AUDITOR, AUDITORS, BACK UP, BID EVALUATION, BID EVALUATION CRITERIA, BIDS, BUDGET APPROVAL, BUDGETING, BUSINESS COMMUNITY, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, CAPABILITIES, CAPACITY BUILDING, CERTIFICATES, CERTIFICATION, CERTIFICATION SYSTEM, CIVIL SERVANTS, CIVIL SOCIETY, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, CLAUSES, COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE, COMPLAINT, COMPLAINTS, CONSULTANTS CONTRACTS, CONSULTING SERVICES, CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION, CONTRACT AWARDS, CONTRACT MANAGEMENT, CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES, CONTRACTORS, CONTROL MECHANISMS, CORRUPT, COUNTRY PROCUREMENT ASSESSMENT, COUNTRY PROCUREMENT ASSESSMENT REPORT, CPI, DATA ENTRY, DELAYS IN PAYMENT, DISCLOSURE, DOMESTIC CONTRACTORS, E-PROCUREMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT, EQUIPMENT, ETHICS, EVALUATION CRITERIA, EVALUATION PANEL, EXPENDITURE, EXPENDITURES, FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION, FINANCIAL AUDITS, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FRAUD, FRAUDULENT PRACTICES, GOOD GOVERNANCE, GOOD PRACTICES, GOOD PROCUREMENT, GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS, HARMONIZATION, HUMAN RESOURCE, HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS, ICT, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTS, INITIATIVE, INSPECTION, INSPECTIONS, INSTALLATIONS, INSTITUTION, INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK, INTEGRITY, INTERNAL AUDIT, INTERNAL AUDITING, INTERNAL AUDITS, INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING, JOINT VENTURE, JOINT VENTURES, JUSTICE, LAW ENFORCEMENT, LAWS, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, MANDATE, MANDATES, MEDIA, MINISTER, MITIGATION, NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING, NATIONAL LAW, NATIONAL PROCUREMENT, NATIONAL PROCUREMENT SYSTEM, NATIONAL PROCUREMENT SYSTEMS, NECESSARY SKILLS, OPEN BIDDING, PENALTIES, PERFORMANCE INDICATOR, PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, POOR QUALITY, POTENTIAL BIDDERS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PROCUREMENT ACTIVITIES, PROCUREMENT AUDIT, PROCUREMENT AUDITS, PROCUREMENT DECISIONS, PROCUREMENT ENTITIES, PROCUREMENT ENTITY, PROCUREMENT EXPERTISE, PROCUREMENT FIDUCIARY MANAGEMENT, PROCUREMENT FUNCTION, PROCUREMENT ISSUES, PROCUREMENT LAW, PROCUREMENT MANUAL, PROCUREMENT METHOD, PROCUREMENT METHODS, PROCUREMENT OFFICIALS, PROCUREMENT OPERATION, PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS, PROCUREMENT PERFORMANCE, PROCUREMENT PLANNING, PROCUREMENT PLANS, PROCUREMENT POLICIES, PROCUREMENT PRACTICES, PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES, PROCUREMENT PROCEEDINGS, PROCUREMENT PROCESS, PROCUREMENT PROCESSES, PROCUREMENT PROFESSION, PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS, PROCUREMENT RECORD, PROCUREMENT REFORM, PROCUREMENT REGULATIONS, PROCUREMENT STAFF, PROCUREMENT TRAINING, PROCUREMENT VOLUME, PROCUREMENTS, PROVISIONS, PUBLIC, PUBLIC OFFICIALS, PUBLIC PROCUREMENT, PUBLIC PROCUREMENT ACT, PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY, PUBLIC PROCUREMENT BULLETIN, PUBLIC PROCUREMENT SECTOR, PUBLIC PROCUREMENT SYSTEM, PUBLIC PROCUREMENT SYSTEMS, QUALIFICATION CRITERIA, QUALIFIED CONSULTANTS, QUALITY ASSURANCE, QUALITY CONTROL, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, RELIABILITY, REPORTING, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS, RESULTS, RISK FACTORS, SANCTIONS, SELECTION CRITERIA, SELECTION CRITERION, SERVICE CONTRACTS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SINGLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT, SINGLE-SOURCE PROCUREMENT, SOFTWARE PACKAGE, STAGE TENDERING, STANDARD BIDDING, STANDARD BIDDING DOCUMENTS, STANDARD PROCUREMENT, STATED OBJECTIVE, SUPERVISION, SUPPLIERS, SUPPLY CHAIN, SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT, TARGETS, TENDER COMMITTEE, TENDER DOCUMENTS, TENDER NOTICES, TENDERS, TRAINING COURSES, TRANSACTION, TRANSPARENCY, TURNAROUND TIME, USERS, WEB, WRITTEN STATEMENT,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/9727354/ghana-2007-external-review-public-financial-management-vol-2-2-public-procurement-assessment-report https://hdl.handle.net/10986/8060
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