Government Transparency Institute (2025) Public procurement datasets underpinning the project on corruption risks and natural disasters, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute.
The project “The Corrupting Effect of Political Connections in Public Procurement through Crises” is releasing datasets on public tenders across 13 countries: Bangladesh, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Dominican Republic, France, Georgia, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Paraguay, Peru, and Ukraine. Alongside the republished structured data gathered from official sources, the release also includes a set of corruption risk indicators developed by the research team.
About the project
The project is funded by FCDO’s Governance & Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence (GI ACE) programme and it is implemented by the Government Transparency Institute and Georgetown University. It examines whether emergencies weaken corruption controls in public procurement. It explores several key research questions:
• What are the magnitude, distribution, and trends of political connections among suppliers in public procurement in developing-country contexts?
• How do political connections influence procurement outcomes, including contract values and favoured treatment in contract awards?
• How do crises affect procurement spending and corruption risks?
• To what extent do politically connected firms benefit from crisis-driven procurement?
• Which conflict-of-interest rules can effectively mitigate the corrupting influence of political connections?
For more details on the public procurement data processing steps, see GTI’s methodology note.
Funding
This research is part of the Governance & Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence (GI ACE) programme which is hosted by the Centre for the Study of Corruption, University of Sussex and funded by UK International Development from the UK government. GI ACE generates actionable evidence that policymakers, practitioners and advocates can use to design and implement more effective anti-corruption initiatives. The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the UK Government’s official policies.
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