Emergency procurement insights / Thailand fraud survey / World Bank debars project contractor in Myanmar

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Insights into emergency procurement: experiences from 12 countries (Blog/Report).  “[The] findings, from new research on emergency procurement in 12 countries, illustrate how governments, civil society, and development organizations around the world are struggling to ensure that the COVID-19 emergency response spending is being used effectively, efficiently and accountably… Many of the researchers also discovered serious issues with the quality, timeliness, and completeness in the published data.”

Direct link to the report: https://www.open-contracting.org/resources/action-research-lessons-covid19/

Lindsey Marchessault and Camila Salazar/Open Contracting Partnership: https://www.open-contracting.org/2020/10/29/insights-into-emergency-procurement-experiences-from-12-countries/  

 

PwC’s Thailand Economic Crime and Fraud Survey 2020 (Report).  “This year’s survey shows a drop in reported incidents from 2018...[but still,] 33% of Thai companies were affected by fraud, corruption or other economic crimes during the last two years.”

PwC: https://www.pwc.com/th/en/consulting/forensic/economic-crime-and-fraud-in-thailand.html  

 

World Bank Group Debars Berky GmbH (Statement).  “The World Bank Group…announced the two-year and six-month debarment of Berky GmbH, a Germany-based company that specializes in water maintenance machines, in connection with collusive, fraudulent, and corrupt practices under the Ayeyarwady Integrated River Basin Management Project in Myanmar”

World Bank: https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2020/11/04/world-bank-group-debars-berky-gmbh

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