Can statistics help turn the tide of corruption in public procurement?

Date: Monday 15 May 2023, 12.30PM
Location: Online
Online
Section Group Meeting

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Public procurement is one of the areas that are the most vulnerable to corruption. Although the exact cost of corruption cannot be measured, corruption causes a significant loss in project value as well as indirect costs due to the distortion of competition.

Tackling corruption in public procurement has been a key priority for the international community and one of the targets of SDG16 is to ‘substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all their forms’. Yet, estimates suggest that a large proportion of development funds are still lost to corruption globally.

A response to a complex problem such as corruption requires a multipronged response and there is a growing consensus that statistics and better data are an important part of that response.
 
 
This event will take stock of existing initiatives promoting the harmonisation of public procurement data, as well as case studies illustrating the use of this data to identify corruption risks.
 
 
  • Mihály Fasekas, Associate professor, Central European Unversity and Scientific Director, Government Transparency Institute
  • Charity Komujjurizi, Monitoring & Evaluation Coordinator, Africa Freedom of Information Centre
  • Umrbek Allakulov, Senior Data Support Manager, Open Contracting Partnership
 
Olivier Kraft, International Development Section, RSS