Executive summary -- Pt.1. Public procurement: OECD perspectives: 1. Fighting corruption in international business transactions: major considerations regarding public procurement / Mar Pieth -- 2. Improving integrity in public procurement: the role of transparency and accountability / Robert A. Burton -- 3. Competition and anti-corruption considerations in public procurement / Frédéric Jenny -- 4. Development assistance cooperation: how building procurement capacities can help improve integrity / Richard Manning -- Pt.2. Promoting integrity through effective transparency and accountability mechanisms: A. Improving transparency in public procurement: 5. Main findings of the Forum Workshop on "Improving Transparency in Public Procurement" / Elodie Beth -- 6. Grey zones and corruption in public procurement: issues for consideration / Tina Soreide -- 7. Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Romania and Slovenia: the use of contacts and informal networks in public procurement / Ase Grodeland -- 8. Russia: conflict of interest and related corrupt practices in public procurement / Andrei Khramkin -- 9. The role of transparency in preventing corruption in public procurement: issues for consideration / János Bertók -- 10. Republic of Korea: the potential of e-procurement / Kyung-Soo Choi -- 11. Mexico: lessons learned in promoting transparency / Roberto Anaya -- B. Ensuring accountability: designing and controlling sound procurement procedures: 12. Main findings of the Forum Workshop on "Designing and Controlling Sound Procurement Procedures to Ensure Accountability" / Elodie Beth -- 13. Linking islands of integrity to promote good governance in public procurement: issues for consideration / Wayne A. Witting -- 14. Ensuring accountability in public procurement: bridging information asymmetry / Peter Trepte -- 15. A comparative analysis of public procurement practices: a french perspective / Jacques Bayle and Jean-Pierre Jochum -- 16. Latin America: conditions for effective public procurement regulations / Claudio Weber Abramo -- 17. China: legislating anti-corruption measures in government procurement / Yu An -- 18. Hungary: establishing control mechanisms in contract award procedures / András Nagy -- 19. Poland: how the new law on public procurement implements the anti-corruption recommendations of the supreme chamber of control / Alina Hussein -- Pt.3. Prevention, detection and sanction of corruption in public procurement: A. Identifying risks in the bidding process: 20. Main findings of the Forum Workshop on "Identifying Risks in the Bidding Process to Prevent and Sanction Corruption in Public Procurement" / Giorgio Sacerdoti -- 21. Inventory of mechanisms to disguise corruption in the bidding process and some tools for prevention and detection / Jean-Pierre Bueb and Nicola Ehlermann-Cache -- 22. Argentina: identifying risks of corruption in public procurement / Nicolás Raigorodsky -- 23. Latvia: procurement methods and risks of corruption in public procurement / Diana Kurpniece -- 24. Mexico: Identifying risks in the bidding process to prevent corruption / Guillermo Haro -- 25. Asian Development Bank: action to identify risks in the bidding to prevent corruption / A. Michael Stevens -- B: Compliance with anti-corruption laws through access to public procurement: sanctioning or voluntary self-regulation?: 26. Main findings on the Forum Workshop on "Compliance with Anti-corruption Laws through Access to Public Procurement: Sanctioning or Voluntary Self-Regulation" / Valérie Dervieux -- 27. Regulating access to public procurement: issues for consideration / Nicola Ehlermann-Cache -- 28. The World Bank's sanctions process / Francoise Bentchikou -- 29. Compliance with anti-corruption laws through access to public procurement: the Asian Development Bank experience / A. Michael Stevens -- 30. Exclusion of tenderers in the European Union: the only way forward against procurement fraud? / Simone White -- 31. Italy's anti-corruption legislation: disqualification from public bidding as a sanction / Matteo Saccavini -- 32. The challenges facing debarment and the European Union public procurement directive / Kirstine Drew -- 33. Ensuring compliance with anticorruption laws through sanctioning or voluntary self-regulation / Michael H. Wiehen -- 34. The Korean public procurement service integrity pact -- Annex 1. Agenda of the OECD Global Forum on Governance: fighting corruption and promoting integrity in public procurement.

Much is at stake in the global effort to tackle corruption in public procurement Corruption diverts public funds from worthwhile development projects, holds back economic growth and undermines public trust in government.