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dc.titleTransparency and Digital Government: The Impact of COMPR.AR in Argentina
dc.contributor.authorDe Michele, Roberto
dc.contributor.authorPierri, Gastón
dc.contributor.orgunitInstitutional Capacity of the State Division
dc.contributor.orgunitOffice of Strategic Planning and Development Effectiveness
dc.coverageArgentina
dc.date.available2020-05-30T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2020-05-30T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractDigital government and transparency regulations initiatives have become popular among policymakers in recent years; however the literature on causal links between digitization and transparency is scarce. This paper seeks to shed some light on the effectiveness of digitization to promote transparency by studying the effects of the implementation of the e-procurement platform COMPR.AR in Argentina. This study relies on a difference-indifferences identification strategy to show that the adoption of COMPR.AR decreased the duration of procurement processes and the prices paid by public bodies on various items analyzed. The findings also suggest that the platform increased the number of bidders involved in public procurement processes. Efficiency, transparency and the availability of information were enhanced as a result of the adoption of digital technologies.
dc.format.extent33
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002335
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Transparency-and-Digital-Government-The-Impact-of-COMPR.AR-in-Argentina.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Transparencia-y-gobierno-digital-El-impacto-de-COMPR.AR-en-Argentina.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.relation.seriesImpact Evaluations
dc.subjectPublic Procurement
dc.subjectTransparency and Anticorruption
dc.subjectDigital Technology
dc.subjectPublic Works
dc.subjectProcurement Management
dc.subjectE-Procurement
dc.subjectPublic Bidding
dc.subject.jelcodeD02 - Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact
dc.subject.jelcodeD73 - Bureaucracy • Administrative Processes in Public Organizations • Corruption
dc.subject.jelcodeH11 - Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government
dc.subject.jelcodeH57 - Procurement
dc.subject.jelcodeH21 - Efficiency • Optimal Taxation
dc.subject.jelcodeH43 - Project Evaluation • Social Discount Rate
dc.subject.keywordstransparency;digital government;public procurement;efficiency;E-procurement;e-governance
dc.typeDiscussion Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-DP-00767
idb.operationRG-E1584
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