Procurement is the purchase of goods, work, or services. As part of minimum reassurances during a purchase, most customers want to know who they are buying from. In order to know who governments are really doing business with, it is essential to know who directly and immediately owns a company (legal ownership), as well as who is the beneficial owner ultimately benefiting from and exercising control over a company
Research
Procurement
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Integrity in IMF COVID-19 financing
Many governments appealed to the International Monetary Fund for financial support at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This report assesses whether countries delivered on their procurement and beneficial ownership transparency commitments
Written by Open Contracting Partnership, Oxford Insights
Published: 15 April 2021
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Beneficial ownership data in procurement: Beyond transparency and accountability
Written by Tymon Kiepe
Published: 15 March 2021
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Beneficial ownership data in procurement
This policy briefing outlines the main ways beneficial ownership data can improve public procurement processes and objectives, and discusses some of the key considerations and decisions that implementers face
Written by Tymon Kiepe , Eva Okunbor
Published: 11 March 2021
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Beneficial ownership transparency: Transforming public procurement in South Africa
Written by Karabo Rajuili
Published: 23 February 2021
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Corruption, procurement and COVID-19 in Africa
Written by Professor Sope Williams-Elegbe
Published: 16 June 2020