Success for Open Contracting at Anti-Corruption Summit

May 16, 2016, 7:38 a.m. by HelenMcNally

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Public procurement is particularly vulnerable to corruption. $9.5 trillion a year is spent on public contracts and the Omidyar Network estimates that around 60% of the world’s bribes centre around public contracts.

Open Contracting gathers support

Open Contracting advocates were celebrating success at the close of the Global Anti-Corruption Summit held in London last week. 14 countries, Afghanistan, Argentina, Bulgaria, Colombia, France, Georgia, Ghana, Italy, Malta, Mexico, N...