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Posts Tagged ‘contracts’

• 1 January 2015

  China Issues Regulations on Contract Transparency

  China’s cabinet on Dec. 31 announced new regulations on the transparency of government contracts, according to the official media, Xinhua. Procurement contracts should b published in the media, the announcement said. Information concerning the bidding results and transactions will be made public, too. Punishment for illegal practices will be made more severe, according to the […]

• 31 July 2014

  World Bank Ready to Disclose Its Contracts; 10 Months Late

  Ten months behind schedule, the World Bank is about to begin the promised disclosure of information about its own contracts, Freedominfo.org has learned from a Bank official. The information – contractor name, a brief description of services and the contract amount — was to be published on the World Bank Group’s Open Finances website beginning […]

• 28 February 2014

  FOI Notes: World Bank, Honesty Oscars, Contracting, Big Data

  IFTI Watch: The Bank Information Center has updated its how-to guide called “Unlocking the World Bank’s Access to Information Policy.” The principal author of the “toolkit” is Veronique Danforth. Honesty Oscars: The Accountability Lab and ONE is conducting voting for the Honesty Oscars 2014 Feb. 24-28 “to honor groundbreaking people and creative that make our […]

• 16 August 2013

  Kenya Debating Transparency of Natural Resource Contracts

  Very few countries disclose the contracts made with private companies to develop natural resources, but pressure for more transparency has been on the rise, as is now on display in Kenya. The Kenyan government recently cancelled contracts with mining companies over questions about their adequacy and transparency. The International Monetary Fund had been pressuring Kenya to disclose […]

• 25 July 2013

  World Bank to Disclose More on Its Contracts

  The World Bank will soon begin disclosing more about contracts valued at more than $250,000. The information – contractor name, a brief description of services and the contract amount — will be published on the World Bank Group’s Open Finances website. The new disclosures, to be done quarterly, will begin Oct. 1, covering the period […]