Abstract
How do public procurement practices influence effective public financial management (PFM) in Africa? Notwithstanding the several public procurement reforms to improve PFM in Africa, outcomes have not been sustainable. Prior studies have failed to explain this phenomenon. With a descriptive case study design based on comprehensive datasets, this paper explains this situation with three key factors underlying the public procurement environment in three African countries: Ethiopia, Central African Republic, and Ghana. From the agency theory lenses, these factors affect the agency cost in public administrative systems necessary for addressing the agency problems in public procurement management towards desired PFM outcomes.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 301-318 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Public Organization Review |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jun 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
Keywords
- Africa
- Central African Republic
- Ethiopia
- Ghana
- Principal agency theory
- Public financial management
- Public procurement
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)
- Law
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