ghana: World Bank sabotages Ghanaian initiative on public procurement

As public concern over the current bill on government procurement in the Ghanaian parliament gathers momentum, it has emerged that an earlier instrument prepared by Ghanaian procurement experts which would ensure genuine accountability while promoting domestic enterprises was jettisoned by the World Bank. In the place of this, World Bank officials almost single-handedly crafted the current bill, which the experts say sacrifices accountability for the primary purpose of granting foreign companies unparalled access to government procurement in Ghana, and to the detriment of domestic businesses.