Botswana public procurement law: An overview and comparative study

Apple of discontent: Public procurement is a hotly contested affair PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Apple of discontent: Public procurement is a hotly contested affair PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Professor Geo Quinot, in his work ‘Public procurement law in Africa within a developmental framework’ has linked public procurement with development.

He referred to the United Nations 2030 Agenda (hereinafter referred to as UN 2030 Agenda) for Sustainable Development. Goal 12.7 of this agenda sets out the target to “promote public procurement practices that are sustainable, in accordance with national policies and priorities”.

He also made reference to the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of 2015, through which parties committed to “establishing transparent public procurement frameworks as a strategic tool to reinforce sustainable development”. He cited other instruments like the work of the United Nations Working Group on the business and Human Rights all which in my view show the linkage between public procurement and sustainable development. In this paper I examine the public procurement system of Botswana and I focus on transparency, integrity and competition as the principles which promote development.

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