Colombia: Improving competition and efficiency through open contracting
Colombia implemented open contracting reforms and publishing open data to improve efficiency in its public procurement and help reduce corruption. The data shows that the public monitoring system is working: there is improved competition with more diverse suppliers. Bogota’s daily school meals program now runs more efficiently, after breaking a US$22 million price-fixing scheme. Open data on the COVID-19 emergency response spending enabled society, journalists, and other interested stakeholders to monitor in real-time and a new dashboard will further enable civic monitoring of procurement performance.
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