Transparency, a myth in Guyana’s public procurement system?

Given the prevalence of accusations of corruption in Guyana’s public procurement process, this research aims to investigate if Guyana’s public procurement system is capable of promoting transparent public procurement processes. Hence, this research answers the following questions:To what extent does Guyana’s public procurement system promote transparency?Why existing public procurement transparency provisions may not have an effect on corruption in Guyana?What can be done to enhance public procurement transparency in Guyana?A socio-legal approach was undertaken with doctrinal analysis and semi-structured interviews of two Guyanese public servants being undertaken. This project commenced November 2023 and solely undertaken by the Principal Investigator-Tiffany AdamsThe dataset generated are edited anonymised transcripts of interviews conducted online with Guyanese public servants

鉴于圭亚那公共采购过程中腐败指控的普遍性，本研究旨在探讨圭亚那公共采购体系是否能够促进透明的公共采购流程。因此，本研究回答了以下问题：圭亚那公共采购体系在多大程度上促进了透明度？为何现有的公共采购透明度条款在圭亚那可能对腐败没有影响？如何才能提升圭亚那公共采购的透明度？本研究采用了社会法律方法，包括法理分析和对两位圭亚那公职人员的半结构化访谈。该项目于2023年11月启动，由首席研究员Tiffany Adams独立完成。生成的数据集是针对圭亚那公职人员在线访谈的编辑后匿名转录本。