New Ways to Measure Institutionalised Grand Corruption in Public Procurement
U4 Brief: October 2014:9, U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, Bergen, Norway.
4 Pages Posted: 6 Nov 2014
Date Written: October 27, 2014
Abstract
Public procurement, one of the largest areas of public spending worldwide, gives public officials wide discretion. It is therefore unsurprising that it is also one of the government functions most often vulnerable to corruption. While there have been many qualitative accounts of high-level corruption in public contracting, it is only recently that quantitative indicators have become available. By making use of big data generated by governments on contracts, companies, and individuals, it is possible to develop a new generation of quantitative indicators which can be used to guide policy intervention and support control of corruption.
Keywords: high-level corruption, measurement, public procurement, spending efficiency
JEL Classification: D72, D73, H57
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