IPPC5: Exploring New Frontiers in Public Procurement

The 5th International Public Procurement Conference was held on August 17th, 2012 in Seattle, USA. It brought together scores of public procurement specialists, scholars, students, nonprofit professionals and international nongovernmental organizations’ representatives.  Over 225 experts from more than 40 countries were present and participated in the passionate and creative dialogues surrounding current public procurement challenges, practices and trends. more

Best Paper Awards:
Since its inception, IPPC has a Best Paper Awards Program, sponsored by PrAcademics Press. Best papers were peer reviewed by the Scientific Committee and then selected by a Best Paper Committee. Following are three best papers. more

Part I: Comparative Procurement

1-1. Developments and Reforms in Public Procurement System in Kosovo: The First Decade
Ilaz Duli

1-2. Value for Money: The Limping Pillar in Public Procurement: Experience from Tanzania
Reginald G. Mamiro

1-3. Tackling Supply Chain Bottlenecks of Essential Drugs:  A Case of Uganda Local Government Health Units
Pross Nagitta Oluka, Francis Ssennoga, and Stephen Kambaza

1-4. Public Procurement in Brazil Federal Government: A Perspective from the Agents Responsible for its Regulation and Operation
Alexandre Ribeiro Motta

1-5. Public Procurement in the Caribbean:  Confronting the Challenges and Opportunities
Sandra Schrouder

1-6. Critical Signs of Public Procurement in a Transitional Country
Tunde Tatrai

1-7. Public Procurement Law in Bangladesh: from Bureaucratisation to Accountability
Ridwanul Hoque

1-8. The First Information and Support Center of the Economic Operators for Participating in Public Procurement Procedures in Romania
Ioan Cioba

1-9. The Public Procurement System in Russia: Road toward a New Quality
Andrei Yakovlev, Lev Yakobson, and Maria Yudkevich

1-10. Determinants of Public Procurement Corruption in Uganda: A Conceptual Framework
Benon C. Basheka, and Milton Tumutegyereize

1-11. Public Procurement and Corruption in Bangladesh
Shakeel Ahmed Ibne Mahmood

1-12. Overview of Public Procurement in Ministry of Interior of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Personal Account of Institutional Transition on a Conflict Country
Alex Rok

1-13. The Public Procurement System in Bulgaria
Roumen Trifonov and Marieta Popova

1-14. Reforming Public Procurement in The Philippines: Progress and Constraints
David Seth Jones

1-15. Internatioanl Joint Public Procurement: A New Initiative Hosted by The Luxembourg Central Bank
Stephen Kaiser

1-16. Bid Protests as a Measure of Integrity in Public Procurement: A Descriptive Study of Municipalities in Uganda
Peter Obanda Wanyama

1-17. Leading Cases on Technical Specifications and Standards in EC Public Procurement
Asta Venckute

1-18. Arbitration as a Dispute-Solving Mechanism in Public Procurement: A Comparative View between Peruvian and Spanish Systems
Alexandra Molina Dimitrijevich