Investigating Contracting Corruption

Challenges, Lessons and Opportunities from Dataphyte’s Work

Open Contracting is still Nascent

Across the demand-side, there is still little knowledge of Open Contracting especially at the subnational level

There is Impact

It may be slow and often unsteady, but there is impact - Micro, Meso and Macro-level impact.

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Capacity building is still required

Even when there is awareness, stakeholders don’t know how to interact with the data or what to do with it.

Data exists but it is not enough

The supply side is still playing catch up on making data available.

There is still resistance

The more contracting data is used to demand accountability, the more recalcitrant the supply side might be.

Capacity building is still required

Especially across states/subnational regions, the supply side still need lessons on the practice of open data including Open Contracting

Lessons &Opportunities

YES! Collaboration works and is needed

YES! Citizens are stakeholders

YES! The work is BIG and requires support

All actors, including supply side need to collaborate! Sharing knowledge, reviewing actions, designing interventions

Citizen engagement is critical for advancing Open Contracting Advocacy

Open Contracting is one of the ways to deliver democracy outcomes quicker, to the people who need it the most, and it requires sustained support.

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