Public Procurement Regulation and Road Quality

Abstract

The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.

Effect of public procurement regulation on competition and cost-effectiveness

“…The PP quality data set of Djankov et al (2017) provides information about all 31 EU countries represented in the TED data set. Table 1 displays the summary statistics of EU PP quality scores.…”

“…They find that higher government demand enhances firm performance. Djankov et al (2017) shows that better PP regulation promotes quality of trade and transport infrastructure. They employ the Logistics Performance Index of the World Bank based on a survey of 1,000 logistics professionals in 143 countries to measure road quality.…”

“…Finally, section 4 concludes. Djankov et al (2017) characterizes quality of public procurement regulation for 142 countries in 2016. They assess 3 aspects of PP: bidding process, the content and management of the bidding process and the contract, and the payment of suppliers involved in public procurement.…”

“…They assess 3 aspects of PP: bidding process, the content and management of the bidding process and the contract, and the payment of suppliers involved in public procurement. Additionally, Djankov et al (2017) calculate the Overall Public Procurement Score (PP Overall) by using the arithmetic mean of these scores. They collect data using expert surveys of more than 1,900 PP experts.…”

“…They collect data using expert surveys of more than 1,900 PP experts. Djankov et al (2017) describe the questionnaire and the coding of the scores in detail. A higher score indicates that the country has higher PP quality.…”