WTO Regime on Government Procurement (eBook, PDF)

Challenge and Reform
Redaktion: Arrowsmith, Sue

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Produktbeschreibung

Originally an important but relatively obscure plurilateral instrument, the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) is now becoming a pillar of the WTO system as a result of important developments since the Uruguay Round. This collection examines the issues and challenges that this raises for the GPA, as well as future prospects for addressing government procurement at a multilateral level. Coverage includes issues relating to pending accessions to the GPA, particularly those of developing countries with a large state sector such as China; the revised (provisionally agreed) GPA text of 2006, including provisions on electronic procurement and Special and Differential Treatment for Developing Countries; and procurement provisions in regional trade agreements and their significance for the multilateral system. Attention is also given to emerging issues, especially those concerning environmental, social and SME policy; competition law; and the implications of the recent economic crisis.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139180962
• Artikelnr.: 38455774

Inhaltsangabe

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 US government procurement in three
episodes of 'crisis' in the 21st century.