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AI Dependence as a Longitudinal Governance Problem

open access: yesAI &Innovation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence governance typically focuses on whether people rely on AI appropriately during individual decisions. This Perspective addresses a different question: whether repeated AI use changes the capabilities and alternatives available to users and organisations over time.
Yiran Du
wiley   +1 more source

Procurement of construction projects in local government [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This paper provides an evaluation of changes in procurement of capital projects in local government in recent years. These changes have been driven partly by changes in legislation regarding compulsory competitive tendering, best value and more lately ...
Wamuziri, Sam, Seywright, A
core   +1 more source

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE E-CATALOG SYSTEM POLICY IN LOCAL ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT THROUGH GOODS/SERVICES PROCUREMENT IN MEDAN CITY

open access: yesIndonesian Interdisciplinary Journal of Sharia Economics
Local economic empowerment through government procurement of goods and services is an important strategy to support the growth of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
Farida Hanum   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Persaingan Usaha di Forum WTO dan Perlunya Ketentuan Mengenai M&A

open access: yesJurnal Hukum Internasional, 2004
Two issues leading to the collapse of the 5th WTO ministerial meeting in Cancun, Mexico, are agricultural issue and Singapore Issues. There are four sub-issues on Singapore Issues, which are Trade and Competition Policy, Trade and Investment ...
Djunari I. Waskito
doaj   +1 more source

Preferential trading in agriculture: New insights from a structural gravity analysis and machine learning

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Preferential trade agreements (PTAs) contain various non‐tariff provisions, yet identifying their trade effects remains challenging because these commitments are high‐dimensional and strongly correlated within agreements. We estimated a theory‐consistent structural gravity model with domestic flows for 26 agricultural subsectors over 1988–2017
Dongin Kim, Sandro Steinbach
wiley   +1 more source

Government procurement : Market access, transparency, and multilateral trade rules [PDF]

open access: yes
The authors examine the effects on national welfare and market access of two public procurement practices-discrimination against foreign suppliers of goods and services and nontransparency of the procedures used to allocate government contracts to firms.
Hoekman, Bernard M., Evenett, Simon J.
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Nepal : Electronic Government Procurement Readiness Assessment and Roadmap [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The assessment focused on the degree of readiness of Government of Nepal's (GoN's) current public procurement environment for making a transition from a traditional paper-based, manual procurement transaction
World Bank
core   +1 more source

Improving access to new technologies: An experiment with Kenyan input sellers

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Agrodealers play a critical role in rural economies, selling essential inputs for agricultural production, stocking new products, and providing farmers with technical advice. However, uncertainty can discourage them from stocking newer, less familiar products, limiting the availability of innovative technologies and leading to market failures ...
Sarah W. Kariuki   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Services procurement under the WTO’s agreement on government procurement: whither market access? [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper studies the government procurement of services from foreign suppliers by conducting a statistical analysis of data submitted by Japan and Switzerland to the WTO's Committee on Government Procurement.
Shingal, Anirudh
core  

Public Procurement and Forest Governance: A German Case Study of Governmental Influences on Market-Driven Governance Systems [PDF]

open access: yesSocial Sciences, 2012
With increased privatization of natural resource regulation, green or sustainable public procurement policies are emerging as incentives for sustainable development. Thus, a revival of governmental influences on so-called non-state, market-driven governance systems takes place.
openaire   +2 more sources

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