Download or read book Integrating Integrity and Procurement written by Christopher R. Yukins and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditionally, procurement reform and anti-corruption initiatives have followed separate tracks, although they share a common purpose: a sound government, supported by a robust and politically legitimate procurement system. Now two initiatives at the United Nations may integrate those disparate strands. The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) is working to reform the UNCITRAL Model Law on Procurement of Goods, Construction and Services(the UNCITRAL Model Procurement Law), an important instrument for harmonizing, and strengthening, procurement systems throughout the developing world. At the same time, the U.N. Convention Against Corruption, a sweeping commitment to fight corruption internationally, has been signed by 140 countries. This paper reviews how the two U.N. initiatives can work together, and concludes that the UNCITRAL Model Procurement Law provides precisely the sort of structured system of rules called for by the Convention. Moreover, by containing corruption, the U.N. Convention could make it possible to loosen at least some of the cautious constraints that confine most procurement systems, including those under the UNCITRAL Model Procurement Law. Ultimately, therefore, the U.N. Convention Against Corruption, if prudently implemented, could serve as a catalyst for procurement reform around the world. More broadly, the two U.N. initiatives show the powerful synergies that can be gained by carefully coordinating procurement reform and anticorruption efforts.