Routledge Handbook of Public Procurement Corruption

<p>The <em>Routledge Handbook of Public Procurement Corruption </em>showcases the most innovative and exciting research being conducted in this important area of study providing a comprehensive go-to reference for all who are interested in the topic.</p><p>During the COVID-19 pandemic the global race for health and ancillary goods amid global supply chain disruptions demonstrated that when tested all countries are incredibly vulnerable to fraud and corruption in public procurement irrespective of their level of development. Yet despite the widespread nature of the problem there remains a lack of in-depth analytical and cross-country investigations into public procurement corruption. This book addresses this gap by providing a comprehensive multidisciplinary geographically balanced treatise on corruption in public procurement. It combines country-specific studies to allow readers to easily compare differing perspectives and approaches and overarching thematic chapters to reflect on new and cutting-edge issues in procurement and their implications for procurement corruption. Key sectors such as healthcare and infrastructure are considered as well as the role of new technologies in both combatting and enabling procurement corruption.</p><p>This <i>Handbook </i>provides academics practitioners and graduate researchers of public administration law and anti-corruption with all of the tools they need to understand the nuances of public procurement corruption around the world.</p>