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Towards The Development of a Governance System for Central Purchasing Body Collaboration and Performance

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This article explores the relationship between local authorities (mainly municipal organisations) and a central purchasing body (CPB). It critiques, from an agency theory perspective, the difficulties in aligning socio-economic goals of multiple ...
Douwe J. P. van de Goorberg, Marcel A. J. Stuijts, Andrew J. Thomas   +2 more
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Unpacking the Farmland Capitalization Effect of Ethanol Establishment

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We unpack the impact of expansions in ethanol production—as measured by proximity to newly constructed ethanol plants and capacity expansions—on farmland values using land transaction data from Kansas in combination with modern causal inference techniques.
Gabriel S. Sampson, Jisang Yu
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PUBLIC PROCUREMENT IN GHANA: THE IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES TO THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT LAW 2003 (ACT 663) [PDF]

International Journal of Construction Supply Chain Management, 2012
The purpose of this study was to identify various implementation bottlenecks to the Ghana Public Procurement Law 2003 (Act 663). The study adopted multiple research approaches, including; review of relevant literature, interviews and questionnaire survey
Ameyaw, Collins, Mensah, Sarfo, Osei-tutu, Ernest   +2 more
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Corruption manual for beginners: "Corruption techniques" in public procurement with examples from Hungary [PDF]

, 2013
This paper develops 30 novel quantitative indicators of grand corruption that operationalize 20 distinct techniques of corruption in the context of public procurement. Each indicator rests on a thorough qualitative understanding of rent extraction from
Tóth, István János, King, Lawrence Peter, Fazekas, Mihály   +2 more
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The Cost of a Nutritious Diet in Cafeterias: Evidence From US Military Dining Facilities

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Providing nutritious meals in institutional settings with financial constraints, such as military dining facilities, is challenging. The US Department of War (DoW) and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) collaborated to modernize the Basic Daily Food Allowance (BDFA) using an optimization model that incorporates service members' consumption ...
Linlin Fan, Yiwen Zhao, Andrea Carlson, Parke Wilde, Joanna Reagan, Julianna Jayne, Starr Seip, Denise Laursen, Matthew P. Rabbitt   +8 more
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Trends in antidiabetic drug use and expenditure in public hospitals in Northwest China, 2012-21: a case study of Gansu Province

BMC Health Services Research
Background Since the twenty-first century, the prevalence of diabetes has risen globally year by year. In Gansu Province, an economically underdeveloped province in northwest China, the cost of drugs for diabetes patients accounted for one-third of their
Wenxuan Cao, Hu Feng, Yaya Yang, Lei Wang, Xuemei Wang, Yongheng Ma, Defang Zhao, Xiaobin Hu   +7 more
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Re-categorising public procurement in South Africa: construction works as a special case

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2019
Public procurement is generally known to be the acquisition of goods and services by the government from the private sector. Construction works are considered to constitute services and as such are not specifically referred to in the Constitution.
Allison Megan Anthony
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International Public Procurement Agreements - Problems of Implemetations in Switzerland [PDF]

Öffentliche Beschaffung, Reform, Public Choice, Wohlfahrtstheorie, Schweiz, Public Procurement, Welfare economics ...
René L. Frey, Nicolai Krautter, Christoph Kilchenmann   +2 more
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Assessing Photovoltaic Recycling Capacities and Policy Gaps in the European Union

Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.
This study maps photovoltaic recycling capacity in the EU and key global regions, highlighting gaps between growing waste volumes and available infrastructure. It combines survey insights and policy analysis to identify recycling bottlenecks and offers recommendations to boost circularity in the solar sector.
Nieves Espinosa, Silvia Bobba, Cynthia E. L. Latunussa, Enrica Leccisi   +3 more
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PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AS TOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY [PDF]

Correlating private and social interests represents a continuous challenge for environmental policy. Traditional implementation tools proved to be not enough for accomplishing the objectives required by the protection of natural systems.
Ildiko IOAN, Florina BRAN
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