Includes index.
Machine generated contents note: Part I. The WTO Regime on Government Procurement: 1. The WTO regime on government procurement: past, present and future; Part II. Expanding the Scope of the Agreement on Government Procurement: Accession and Coverage: 2. Forging a more global procurement market: issues concerning accessions to the agreement on government procurement; 3. Accession to the agreement on government procurement: the case of China; 4. India's possible accession to the agreement on government procurement: what are the pros and cons?; 5. The benefits to developing countries of accession to the government procurement agreement: the case of Chinese Taipei; 6. The coverage negotiations for the agreement on government procurement: context, mandate, process and prospects; 7. A case study of coverage issues: Canada's sub-central coverage under the agreement on government procurement; 8. The procurement of state trading companies under the WTO agreements: a proposal for a way forward; 9. Addressing purchasing arrangements between public sector entities - what can the WTO learn from the EU's experience?; Part III. Revision of the Procedural Rules and Other Transparency Provisions of the Agreement on Government Procurement: 10. The revised agreement on government procurement: changes to the procedural rules and other transparency provisions; Part IV. Developing Countries in the WTO Procurement Regime: 11. Special and differential treatment for developing countries under the agreement on government procurement: the current text and new provisions; 12. Building sustainable capacity in public procurement; 13. Untying aid through the agreement on government procurement: a means to encourage developing country accession to the agreement and to improve aid effectiveness?; Part V. Economic and Social Development (Horizontal Policies) in Government Procurement: 14. The national treatment and exceptions provisions of the agreement on government procurement and the pursuit of horizontal policies; 15. The limited case for permitting SME procurement preferences in the agreement on government procurement; 16. Social policies in procurement and the agreement on government procurement: a perspective from South Africa; Part VI. Enforcement and Remedies: 17. Constructing a system of challenge procedures to comply with the government procurement agreement; 18. Designing effective challenge procedures: the EU's experience with remedies; 19. The design and operation of a bid challenge mechanism: the experience of Hong Kong; Part VII. Multilateralism and Regionalism: 20. Government procurement provisions in regional trade agreements: a stepping stone to GPA accession?; 21. A case study of regionalism: the EU-Cariforum economic partnership agreement; Part VIII. Challenges and New Directions: 22. Ensuring integrity and competition in public procurement markets: a dual challenge for good governance; 23. Developing multilateral rules on government procurement: the value of soft law; 24. Work of UNCITRAL on government procurement: purpose, objectives, and complementarity with the work of the WTO; 25. Global procurement law in times of crisis: new buy American policies and options in the WTO legal system; 26. Procurement rules in times of crisis: lessons from U.S. government procurement in three episodes of 'crisis' in the 21st century.
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The WTO regime on government procurement : challenge and reform. ISBN 9781107006645. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
