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Transparency International
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Overview
IP aims at enabling
– Bidder / contractor to abstain from bribing
– Authority to reduce high costs & distortionary effect of corruption
Background & Objectives (cont.)
Savings
– Colombia reports savings ranging between 5% up to 60
% of contracts´ official budgeted price
– Italy: Milan subway costs fell from USD 227 m per km to
97 m
Trust
– Bidders interviewed said they lost fairly
– Positive changes in local investment climates
Competition
– More bidders take part in tenders
Why implement an IP?