Publication: Solomon Islands : Operational Procurement Review
Date
2012-06
ISSN
Published
2012-06
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
Solomon Islands is a remote, scattered
archipelago about 1,900 km northeast of Australia in the
South Pacific, with terrain ranging from about 1,000
mountainous islands to low-lying coral atolls stretching in
a 1,450 km chain east of Papua New Guinea across the Coral
Sea to Vanuatu. The archipelago covers a total area of
725,197 sq km (approx 280,000 sq miles) with the main
islands being Choiseul, New Georgia, Santa Isabel,
Guadalcanal, Malaita, and Makira. The Solomon Islands are
situated among one of the world's most disaster-prone
geographic regions in what is known as the circum-pacific
belt, earthquake belt or ring of fire. The low-lying coastal
regions of the Solomon Islands can also be subject to damage
from tsunamis. In addition, the zone in which the Solomon
Islands archipelago is located is an area where cyclones are
formed. The Solomon Islands is thus subject to many natural
Threats, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, tropical
cyclones and windstorms, floods, landslides, and droughts.
The objective of this report is to review the Solomon
Islands existing national legislation, policies, procedures,
practices, institutional arrangements and organizational
capacity for public sector procurement to assess both their
acceptability for use in national competitive bidding under
World Bank-financed projects and, in the process, provide a
benchmarking analysis in key thematic areas.
Citation
“World Bank. 2012. Solomon Islands : Operational Procurement Review. © Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/873152d3-e0a8-57b2-87e6-fe8212552356 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”