Ghana - Country procurement assessment report (Vol. 1 of 5) : Executive summary

Page 1 Page 2 29055 Vol. 1 GHANA COUNTRY PROCUREMENT ASSESSMENT REPORT - 2003 June 2003 Ghana Country Department Africa Region Page 3 - 1- PREFACE This Country Procurement Assessment Report (CPAR) was prepared between October 2002 and May 2003 by a team consisting of World Bank staff, a Government Team of senior officials, Development Partners, and Consultants. 1 National consultants carried out data collection, interviews and analysis of the current procurement practices and prepared the reports, except for the reports on Labour Standards and Monitoring and Evaluation, which were done by ILO and OECD consultants, respectively. The assessment benefited from the reports 2 prepared under the ongoing procurement reforms (which include the Public Procurement Bill submitted to Parliament for enactment) and from other fiduciary bills, i.e. the Financial Administration Bill, the Central Internal Audit Agency Bill, the Freedom of Information Bill, and the Protected (Public Interest) Disclosure Bill. The main CPAR mission took place during March 17-21, 2003, and included a National Workshop. About 110 participants attended from the public and private sectors, civil society, Development Partners and politicians. The National Workshop