The Economics and Law of Public Procurement
New Global Scenarios
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- English
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The Economics and Law of Public Procurement
New Global Scenarios
About this book
Public procurement makes up a significant part of national economies: 10–25% of gross domestic product (GDP), depending on the country. Appropriate laws and regulations are an essential tool to direct the action of procurers towards the public good and avoid corruption and misallocation of resources, while at the same time sustaining progress and social goals. The original approach of this book combines juridical, economic, and technical expertise to find common terrain and a common language in order to debate the specific issues that affect public administrations across the world that need advancing and modernizing. The book features contributions across four specific themes of interest to the procurer's day-to-day job in modern public purchasing organizations: preferences and political economy in public procurement, climate change, defence procurement, and human rights in public procurement. The aim is to let the new emerging trade-offs between competition and sustainability emerge, highlighting at the same time the possible synergies between the relevant policy objectives. The book takes into account sectoral specificities, reinforced by recent global events such as wars, natural disasters, and populism. The unique format features in each section an interdisciplinary debate between two experts across different disciplines who deliberate and engage one another so as to improve the mutual understanding across disciplines, followed by two additional contributions. This book will be of interest to scholars, researchers, and policymakers worldwide.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- Introduction: The economics and law of public procurement – New global scenarios
- PART I Human rights in public procurement
- 1 Colloquium1
- 2 Should EU public procurement law integrate sustainability due diligence requirements?: EU institutions’ procurement as a case study
- 3 Socially responsible public procurement: How to transform will into reality
- PART II Climate change in public procurement
- 4 Colloquium
- 5 Using public procurement to build supply chains resilience to climate change1
- 6 Sustainable public procurement of school meals in Europe
- PART III Preferences and political economy in public procurement
- 7 Colloquium
- 8 Preferences and Unilateral Measures Relating to Public Procurement
- 9 Defence procurement as industrial policy: From domestic to European procurement in a global market
- PART IV Defence procurement
- 10 Colloquium
- 11 ‘Zeitenwende’ (new era) for defence procurement: The role of speed and symbiotic collaboration by investigating combination versus separation in defence supply chains
- 12 Lessons from the United States’ Articles of Confederation
- PART V Global and local perspectives to public procurement
- 13 The Future of Procurement
- 14 How public performances can be enhanced by linking innovation policies to ordinary procurement: The Sardinian case
- Index