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Title: | Exploring corruption practices in public procurement of infrastructural projects in Ghana |
Authors: | Osei-Tutu, E. Badu, E. Owusu-Manu, D. |
Keywords: | Ghana Public procurement Corruption |
Issue Date: | 2010 |
Publisher: | International Journal of Managing Projects in Business |
Citation: | International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, (2010) Vol. 3 Iss: 2, pp.236 - 256 |
Abstract: | While corruption has long been recognized as a destructive social problem, the subject has
not yet been given much attention in the literature of the management of procurement of infrastructure
projects in Ghana. The purpose of this paper is to explore and discuss corruption practices inherent in
public procurement of infrastructural projects in Ghana with the aim of identifying corruption related
challenges that must be addressed in order to actualize the expected economic gains of infrastructural
projects.
Drawing extensively on existing literature and published data,
the methodology adopted for the paper consisted of multi-stage critical review of pertinent literature;
review of 2007 Annual Report of the Public Procurement Authority and review of the Public
Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 663). The study assumes value-laden axiological philosophy, where the
values and experiences of the authors provided the basis for the discussion.
Findings – Conflict of interest, bribery, embezzlement, kickbacks, tender manipulation and fraud are
observed corruption practices in the Ghanaian infrastructure projects delivery system. The severity of
corruption practices have intensified the search for more innovative means of delivering infrastructure
projects that will achieve value for money. In the pursuit to control corruption practices, this would
require constitution of a sound procurement system and pro-social equity policies that would foster
good governance, corporate social responsibility, transparency, accountability, judicious public
expenditure and national progress. The Public Procurement Act 2003 (Act 663) is observed to proffer
solutions for these underlying constructs but not without challenges.
The nature of the research is review and explanatory
without any empirical analysis to support the discussions and thus the results cannot be generalized
on a broader context of public procurement practice in Ghana.
Implementation of sound procurement performance measurements would
be imperative in the bid to curb corruption practices. The paper suggested a number of business
approaches to combat corrupt practices in Ghana, which are explained in terms of political,
psychological, technical, operational and retaliatory measures. In this paper, it is proposed that
knowledge about and debating corruption related issues is just as important to the modern public
procurement as are the abilities to creatively and logically introduce monitoring systems when
planning, executing and completing projects.
The work is novel providing meaningful insights into conceptual basis for a
detailed empirical analysis. Being a pioneering study, further research tailored to compare the extent
of corruption practices in various sectors of the economy of Ghana would be novel. |
Description: | This Article was publish by International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, (2010) Vol. 3 Iss: 2, pp.236 - 256 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/9534 |
Appears in Collections: | College of Architecture and Planning
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