Linking procurement and political economy: a guide

Abstract

The paper provides advice for practitioners on how to apply political economy tools to improve public procurement processes. At present, there are no analytical tools available that link political-economy analysis and procurement. This study is a first step to establish such a guide. Good practice tools already exist in both political-economy analysis and procurement analysis, and this paper should be regarded as a companion document to existing guidance on political-economy analysis and guidance of procurement analysis such as the OECD Methodology for Assessing Procurement Systems (MAPS).