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Public Procurement Reform and Governance in Africa

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  • © 2016

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Editors:
  1. S.N. Nyeck

    1. Clarkson University, USA, Bangor, United Kingdom

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Part of the book series: Contemporary African Political Economy (CONTAPE)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    • S. N. Nyeck
    Pages 1-28

  3. Procurement and Governance: Historical Precedents and Theoretical Reflections

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29
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    2. The Implicit Dimensions of Public Procurement Contracts: African History and Debates

      • S. N. Nyeck
      Pages 31-49

    3. Why Do Some African Countries Negotiate Unfair Natural Resource Contracts?

      • Chrysantus Ayangafac, Dassa Bulcha, Sehen Bekele
      Pages 51-73

  5. Public Procurement and Social Accountability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 233-233
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    2. Social Accountability Mechanisms and Public Procurement Reform in Nigeria

      • Kingsley Tochi Udeh
      Pages 235-260

    3. The Role of New Technologies of Communication and Social Audits in Procurement Monitoring

      • Chibuzo C. Ekwekwuo, S. N. Nyeck
      Pages 261-275

    4. Governance in the Health Sector Procurement: The Role of Public and Private Practitioners in Botswana

      • Molefe B. Phirinyane, Keneilwe S. Mooketsane
      Pages 277-297

    5. Budget Allocation Mechanisms and Public Infrastructure Governance in Nigeria: Lesson from Osun State

      • Opawole Akintayo, Jagboro Godwin Onajite, Opawole Mary Oluwatoyin
      Pages 299-312

    6. The Governance of Concessionary Assets: A Review of the Partnership Between Kenya and the Rift Valley Railways Consortium

      • Henry Amadi
      Pages 313-333

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 335-366
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About this book

This book presents an interdisciplinary exploration of the governance of public procurement reform in Africa. Through a bottom-up approach to case studies and comparative analyses, scholars, practitioners, and social activists write about the organizational mechanisms and implementation gaps in public procurement governance in light of the general premises of national reform. Reforming the ways in which government purchases works, goods, and services from the private sector is one of the most sweeping policy reform undertaken in Africa in the past decade. Despite the transnational scope of policy change, very little is known about the mechanisms of public procurement governance at the subnational level. The argument in this volume is that policy reforms that mitigate contractual hazards along the three-dimensional “law-politics-business matrix” are more likely to bring about meaningful institutional transformation and broader social accountability. Key to substantive transformation ofpublic procurement is the revitalization and professionalization of the public sector to meet the opportunities and challenges of development by contract.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Clarkson University, USA, Bangor, United Kingdom

    S.N. Nyeck

About the editor

S.N. Nyeck is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Clarkson University, USA. She is the co-editor of Sexual Diversity in Africa: Politics, Theory and Citizenship.

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