Reforming public procurement and public financial management in Africa: Dynamics and influences
Journal of Advances in Management Research
ISSN: 0972-7981
Article publication date: 29 November 2018
Abstract
Purpose
Country comparative studies especially in Africa on public procurement reforms toward financial control and accountability of public expenditure are limited. Meanwhile, these kinds of studies have potential for providing useful insights on how value for money through public procurement is being ensured across Africa. This paper attempts to provide this. The purpose of this paper is to highlight several policy recommendations for public management aimed at improving public procurement and public financial management (PFM) systems in Africa.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper adopts a qualitative case study using secondary data drawn from Global Integrity Index (GII) of the Transparency International and the World Bank’s Country Policy and Institutional Assessments databases to investigate variables that influence public procurement practices in three purposively selected African countries. The comparative approach for presenting some of the experiences of countries in public procurement methods is used in this paper.
Findings
The findings suggest three main variables, namely, government structure and economic variables, complicated by socio-cultural values interact to influence public procurement and PFM systems in the case study countries.
Research limitations/implications
Data for the GII indicators used were only available from 2013, which restricted the discussion of those indicators to a short span (2013–2015).
Social implications
The socio-cultural milieu within which public procurement takes place has implications for how governance structures function to deliver value-for-money public procurement.
Originality/value
This study adds value by comparing three countries within Africa to reveal common variables which influence public procurement and PFM systems.
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Acknowledgements
Retraction Notice: The publisher wishes to retract the article Karem Sayed Aboelazm (2018), “Reforming public procurement and public financial management in Africa: dynamics and influences”, published in the Journal of Advances in Management Research, https://doi.org/10.1108/JAMR-09-2018-0077. This is because a substantial portion of the article is taken, without attribution, from an earlier paper. The paper is by Justice Nyigmah Bawole and Peter Adjei-Bamfo, “Public procurement and public financial management in Africa: dynamic and influences”, submitted to the Journal of Public Procurement on the 11th March, 2018.
The Journal of Advances in Management Research submission guidelines make it clear that articles must be original and must not infringe any existing copyright. The publishers of the journal sincerely apologise to the readers and the original authors, Justice Nyigmah Bawole and Peter Adjei-Bamfo.
Citation
Aboelazm, K.S. (2018), "Reforming public procurement and public financial management in Africa: Dynamics and influences", Journal of Advances in Management Research, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAMR-09-2018-0077
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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