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Publish What You Buy: The Case for Routine Publication of Government Contracts

Written by Charles Kenny with Jonathan Karver, Center for Global Development

This paper argues for a citizen’s contract initiative that would exhort governments to “publish what you buy.” Greater transparency in contracting would improve and lower the costs of contracting outcomes to the benefit of governments, contractors, and citizens alike. This paper discusses some of those benefits.

Read the paper here.

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