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Publishing construction contracts and outcome details

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Construction governance failures can lead to the construction of the wrong infrastructure, poor quality construction, and excessively high prices for work. There is some evidence from both other sectors and the construction sector itself that improved transparency, especially when combined with oversight, can improve development outcomes through its impact on the quality of governance. This paper reviews that evidence, discusses costs and benefits of greater transparency in particular with regard to the contracting and delivery process in construction, and briefly discusses an initiative to improve governance in public construction -- the Construction Sector Transparency Initiative.

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  • Kenny, Charles, 2010. "Publishing construction contracts and outcome details," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5247, The World Bank.
    • Handle: RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:5247
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    1. Fazekas,Mihály & Blum,Jurgen Rene, 2021. "Improving Public Procurement Outcomes : Review of Tools and the State of the Evidence Base," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9690, The World Bank.
    2. Anja Baum & Clay Hacknay & Paulo Medas & Mouhamadou Sy, 2024. "Governance and state-owned enterprises: how costly is corruption?," Economics of Governance, Springer, vol. 25(2), pages 181-208, June.
    3. Hauke Feil, 2021. "The cancer of corruption and World Bank project performance: Is there a connection?," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 39(3), pages 381-397, May.
    4. Ms. Anja Baum & Clay Hackney & Mr. Paulo A Medas & Mouhamadou Sy, 2019. "Governance and State-Owned Enterprises: How Costly is Corruption?," IMF Working Papers 2019/253, International Monetary Fund.

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