A Working Paper on Procurement Anti-corruption in Yemen

Abstract

Yemen today faces a lot of challenges as war, poverty, terrorism and corruption.  Corruption  in Procurement in Yemen, as in any other country also, is one of the most important causes of  the un-efficient delivery of public services and the waste of public funds.  Therefore, Procurement Anti- Corruption plays a key role in the development of the national economy in Yemen.

Abuse of power in procurement, Bribery and kickbacks , Nepotism and favoritism, Collusion and bid rigging, and Misuse of public fund are some of the various manifestation of  the corruption in procurement.

This paper  describes the procurement practice in Yemen and the constraints facing  the fight against corruption in the procurement. The Enhancing  of  the procurement system in Yemen becomes now a priority to avoid corruption on the one hand , and to improve the infrastructure services of the people in Yemen, on the other.  For a sustainable and  Corruption-free  procurement,  HATC strategies on the short  and medium term  are addressed at the end of the paper and  also some key recommendations.