1st Edition

The Economics and Law of Public Procurement New Global Scenarios

338 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

338 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

338 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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Description

Public procurement makes up a significant part of national economies: 10–25% of gross domestic product (GDP), depending on the country. Appropriate laws and regulations are an essential tool to direct the action of procurers towards the public good and avoid corruption and misallocation of resources, while at the same time sustaining progress and social goals. The original approach of this book... Read more

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Introduction

PART I

Human rights in public procurement

1 Colloquium: Annamaria La Chimia and Daniel Morris

2 Claire Methven O’Brien and Roberto Caranta: Should EU public procurement law integrate sustainability due diligence requirements? EU institutions’ procurement as a case study

3 Kristina Vasileva Socially Responsible Public Procurement: How To Transform Will Into Reality

PART II

Climate change in public procurement

4 Colloquium: Neli Garbuzanova and Sofia Lundberg

5 Valentina Bianchini: Using Public Procurement to build Supply Chains resilience to clima change

6 Orsolya Diófási-Kovács, Anna Freund: Sustainable Public Procurement of School Meals in Europe

PART III

Preferences and political economy in public procurement

7 Colloquium: Geo Quinot and Benjamin Rosa

8 Jean Heilman Grier: Preferences and unilateral measures in public procurement

9 Andrea Truppo: Defence procurement and industrial policy: from domestic to European procurement in a global market

PART IV

Defence procurement

10 Colloquium: Keith F. Snider and Martin Trybus

11 Andreas H. Glas, Michael Eßig: Zeitenwende” (new era) for Defence Procurement: The role of speed and symbiotic collaboration by investigating combination versus separation in defence supply chains

12 Daniel E. Schoeni, Christopher R. Yukins: Lessons from the United States’ Articles of Confederation

PART V

Global and local perspectives to public procurement

13 Enzo de Laurentiis: The future of procurement

14 Stefano Casu, Giovanni Gaspa, Susanna Maxia, Vincenzo Frencesco Perra: How public performances can be enhanced by linking innovation policies to ordinary procurement: Sardinian case

Index