Towards gender balance in public procurement : understanding the barriers and solutions to include women-led businesses
Abstract
Value for Women (VfW) and the Open Contracting Partnership (OCP) developed this report to document the challenges and opportunities in empowering women-led businesses (WLBs) in public procurement. VfW is a women-led global social enterprise that works closely with partners to design and implement research, technical assistance programs, evaluations, tools and capacity-building initiatives in Africa, Asia and Latin America. OCP is a silo-busting collaboration across governments, businesses, civil society, and technologists to open up and transform government contracting worldwide. Public contracts are the single biggest item of spending by most governments and a number one risk for corruption.
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Keywords
WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION, OPEN GOVERNANCE, CONTRACTING, FINANCIAL INCLUSION, OPEN DATA, PARTNERSHIPS, CIVIL SOCIETY, GENDER EQUITY, CORRUPTION, GOVERNMENT PURCHASING, WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, WOMEN WORKERS, GLOBAL SOUTH