Public Procurement in the Belt and Road Initiative

doi:10.1596/31069

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Public Procurement in the Belt and Road Initiative

dc.contributor.author	Ghossein, Tania
dc.contributor.author	Hoekman, Bernard
dc.contributor.author	Shingal, Anirudh
dc.date.accessioned	2018-12-27T17:52:36Z
dc.date.available	2018-12-27T17:52:36Z
dc.date.issued	2018-12
dc.description.abstract	China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI) includes major infrastructure investment projects – roads, ports, railways – that aim to improve connectivity along a number of transport corridors spanning 71 countries. In this paper we find that notwithstanding the large scale of the initiative, relatively little systematic data exists on the practices being followed by the different, primarily Chinese, entities that finance BRI-related contracts and how firms are being selected to execute projects. The limited available data however indicate that Chinese companies account for the majority of BRI-procurement, even in light of their high share of total infrastructure projects in developing countries. We discuss the limited publicly available evidence on the procurement of BRI projects and specific dimensions of the institutional features pertaining to public procurement regimes of BRI countries, including China, both as embedded in domestic regulations and in international agreements that countries may be part of. Finally, we discuss the efforts that BRI countries can take -individually or as part of an international agreement- to improve procurement practices for BRI projects.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/143241544213097139/Public-Procurement-in-the-Belt-and-Road-Initiative
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/31069
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/31069
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	MTI Discussion Paper,no. 10;
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	PROCUREMENT
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
dc.subject	ROADS
dc.subject	PORTS
dc.subject	RAILWAY
dc.subject	TRANSPORT CONNECTIVITY
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING
dc.subject	PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROCESS
dc.subject	TRADE POLICY
dc.subject	BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE
dc.title	Public Procurement in the Belt and Road Initiative	en
dc.type	Working Paper	en
dc.type	Document de travail	fr
dc.type	Documento de trabajo	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Public Procurement in the Belt and Road Initiative
okr.date.disclosure	2018-12-07
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Working Paper
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/143241544213097139/Public-Procurement-in-the-Belt-and-Road-Initiative
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okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/31069
okr.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1596/31069
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	30676082
okr.identifier.report	132786
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okr.pdfurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/143241544213097139/pdf/132786-MTI-Discussion-Paper-10-Final.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	East Asia and Pacific
okr.region.country	China
okr.topic	Public Sector Development::Regulatory Regimes
okr.topic	Infrastructure Economics and Finance::Infrastructure Finance
okr.topic	Infrastructure Economics and Finance::Infrastructure Regulation
okr.topic	Transport::Roads & Highways
okr.topic	Transport::Railroads
okr.topic	Transport::Ports and Waterways
okr.unit	Global Business Regulation-IBRD (GMTBR)
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