Development Gateway Foundation's government procurement program and the dgMarket platform benefit developing country governments, businesses, donor partners and the economy at large. While procurement is a complex issue, increasing access to information can bring large returns for a relatively small investment.
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- Government agencies benefit through efficient and wider advertising of their tender information in local and global markets. They can post information directly onto the global dgMarket Web site, or Development Gateway Foundation will help them implement local or national procurement Web sites.
More ›› - Businesses small and large benefit from time-saving, free or low-cost access to tender opportunities at home and abroad. The dgMarket Web site network provides a one-stop-shop with more than 25,000 active tender notices on any given day, from more than 160 countries, in 19 languages.
More ›› - Donors benefit by knowing that information on the contracts they fund is widely accessible. Aid-funded tenders are an important part of dgMarket, although it has expanded to include more than $50 billion in developing country procurement. Our analysis indicates that dgMarket has increased the average number of bidders and reduced national procurement costs by up to $150 million per year on World Bank-funded contracts alone.
- Economies of developing countries, and the people whose livelihoods depend on them, are the ultimate beneficiaries of dgMarket. Open and efficient government procurement is critical to economic development in all countries rich or poor. By making government procurement information more widely available, at very low cost, dgMarket plays a small but important role in ensuring effective use of scarce development resources.
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