Public Procurement Regulation in (a) Crisis?: Global Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Global Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Sue Arrowsmith, Luke Ra Butler, Annamaria La Chimia, Luke Ra Butler, Caroline Nicholas, Aris Georgopoulos, Robert D Anderson, William E Kovacic, Antonella Salgueiro, Simon J Evenett, Peter Trepte, Benedetta Audia, Ary Bobrow, Shaun Moss, Jun Jin, Mary McLaughlin, Mark Eccleston-Turner, Harry Upton, Gian Luigi Albano, Annamaria La Chimia, Christopher R Yukins, Marçal Justen Filho, Cesar Pereira, Sebastián Barreto Cifuentes, Sandeep Verma, Henry Gao, Ping Wang, Ke Ren, Geo Quinot, Sope Williams-Elegbe, Kingsley Tochi Udeh, Mihaly Fazekas, and Alfredo Hernández Sánchez
Sue Arrowsmith, Luke Butler, Annamaria La Chimia, and Christopher Yukins
Public Procurement Regulation in (a) Crisis?: Global Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic
This timely book provides the first systematic analysis of global public procurement regulation and policy during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
Through both thematic chapters and national case studies, this book:
- explores the adequacy of traditional legal frameworks for emergency procurement;
- examines how governments and international organisations have responded specifically to the pandemic; and
- considers how the experience of the pandemic and the political impetus for reform might be leveraged to improve public procurement more broadly.
Public procurement has been critical in delivering vital frontline public services both in the health sector and elsewhere, with procurement of ventilators, protective equipment and new hospitals all hitting the headlines. At the same time, procurers have faced the challenge of adjusting existing contracts to a new reality where, for example, some contracted services can no longer operate. Further, efficient and effective procurement will be essential, and not a luxury, in the economic recovery.
With case studies on China, India, Italy, Singapore, the UK and the USA alongside those from Africa and Latin America, the book brings together leading academics and practitioners from across the world to examine these issues, providing an essential resource for policy makers, legislators, international organisations and academics.