PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND CORRUPTION IN EASTERN EUROPE
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND CORRUPTION IN EASTERN EUROPE

PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

Author(s): Dan Lupu
Subject(s): Economy, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Editura Universităţii »Alexandru Ioan Cuza« din Iaşi
Keywords: public procurement; corruption; Eastern Europe;
Summary/Abstract: The Europe 2020 strategy incorporates public procurement as having an extremely important role in areas such as transport, health, and energy. Consequently, the public procurement market has a major role in the efficient spending of public money and in promoting economic competitiveness. At the same time, this market varies between 8 and 12 percent of GDP in Eastern Europe. Corruption, especially in Eastern Europe, is a negative phenomenon, which strongly affects the public procurement market. This article analyses the phenomenon of corruption in connection with the public procurement market for three Eastern European countries: Hungary, Poland, and Romania. After presenting the main features of public procurement systems, the article analyses their main advantages and disadvantages and the negative impact of corruption. As policy implications, to limit corruption in public procurement, it is necessary to highlight the increase of the role of transparency, the professionalization of civil servants, and last, but not least, the depoliticization of public institutions.

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