Infrastructure Provision, Trade And Development Prospects: Potential Role And Relevance Of The WTO Agreement On Government Procurement (GPA)

Kodjo Osei-Lah and Nicholas Niggli

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Abstract: The paper, nonetheless, acknowledges that delivering these benefits would involve significant practical and political challenges. It concludes that if the challenges can be overcome and the mutual benefits delivered, the revised GPA would have been demonstrated as an effective tool for balancing flexibility and reciprocity in the government procurement sector, consistent with sustainable development principles, with the capability to deliver win-win benefits for a broad range of stakeholders, in the post-2015 era.

Keywords: Africa; Agreement on Government Procurement; Aid; Corruption; Development; Developing Countries; Economic Integration; Foreign Investment; Foreign Trade; GDP; Governance; Government Procurement; GPA; Infrastructure; Integration; International Trade; International Trade Organizations; LDCs; Liberalization; Openness; Procurement; Public Goods; Public-Private Partnerships; Public Procurement; Regional Integration; Strategic Trade; Trade; Trade Agreements; Trade Policy; WTO. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-01
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