What is the Cost and Impact of Corruption in Public Procurement?
What is the Cost and Impact of Corruption in Public Procurement?

Author(s): Iurie Morcotîlo
Subject(s): Public Administration, Public Finances, Corruption - Transparency - Anti-Corruption
Published by: EXPERT-GRUP Centrul Analitic Independent
Keywords: Public Procurement; Corruption;
Summary/Abstract: Public procurement refers to the acquisition of certain goods, works or services by public authorities. In fact, the state runs a process of public procurements in order to purchase a minimum of products, works and services for its proper functioning, as well as to secure the population with services and public goods. These services and goods include medicine, education, public safety, infrastructure, etc. In order to purchase and deliver them, the state uses money collected from citizens in the form of fees and taxes, so the money spent for public procurements are coming from every single taxpayer. In reality, things doesn’t quite look this way in the eyes of both citizens and public servants responsible for procurements, because the public budget is misinterpreted as being something abstract. As a result, public servants are tempted to use public money for their own purposes, whereas citizens do not quite make any efforts to monitor how their money is being spent. This creates an enabling environment for corruption in public procurement.

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