The Applied Law and Economics of Public Procurement

Piga, Gustavo; Treumer, Steen

doi:10.4324/9780203096314

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“…Under the theme legal, lack of legislation was mostly cited, equally for developed and developing countries (Table A1). Globally, there are evidences where GGP was encouraged via legislation such as in the UK (Thomson and Jackson, 2007), EU (Testa et al , 2012), Belgium (Brammer and Walker, 2011), Canada (Ahsan and Rahman, 2017), Italy (Appolloni et al , 2013), Japan and Korea (Ho et al , 2010). For example, after the enforcement of the Green Purchasing Law, GGP in Korea tripled from US255 million in 2004 to US850 million in 2006 (Ho et al , 2010).…”

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“…The keywords in each research string are as follows: “green public procurement” or “green public purchas*” or “environmental public procurement” or “environmental public purchas*” or “sustainable public procurement” or “sustainable public purchas*”. “Sustainable procurement” was also incorporated, as it includes green component in procurement (Cheng et al , 2018; Appolloni et al , 2013). The search in both databases netted a total of 458 articles.…”

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A systematic review of barriers impeding the implementation of government green procurement

Vejaratnam

Mohamad

Chenayah

2020

JOPP

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Purpose Government green procurement (GGP) is becoming a popular environmental policy instrument to spur the economy whilst protecting the environment. However, the implementation of GGP is impeded by various barriers. This paper aims to analyse the existing literature on barriers impeding GGP. Design/methodology/approach This systematic literature review was guided by the PRISMA Statement (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) review method. A total of 29 articles from the Scopus and Web of Science databases were selected for the review. Findings Five themes, i.e. finance, legal, people, knowledge and organisation, emerged from this review, which further produced 16 sub-themes. Lack of knowledge and awareness were the major barriers for GGP, while financial constraint was not the major barrier for GGP, as previously perceived. Barriers related to organisation were the most complex. Certain barriers were found more in developed or developing countries. Research limitations/implications Only article journals with empirical data were selected. Review articles, book series, books, chapters in books and conference proceedings were excluded. Practical implications Public managers should place highest priority to enhance knowledge and awareness of procurers on GGP. Other important initiatives to be undertaken include emulating best practices, implementing change management and incentivising suppliers to tackle the prevalent barriers of GGP. Finally, with increasing evidences on barriers related to GGP, public managers should consider mapping and analysing specific barriers hindering GGP in their organisation/country. Social implications A less challenging and efficient implementation of GGP contributes to a cleaner environment. Originality/value This article will be the first to systematically review the barriers of GGP.

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