Sub-score (0-100). Question no. 28. In practice, companies found guilty of violating procurement regulations are prohibited from participating in future bids
A 100 score is earned where all the following conditions are met:
1) companies found guilty of violating the law (procurement, tax, labor, corruption, etc.) are forbidden from participating in future bidding in the country, whether indefinitely or for a limited period of time, and
2) there is a registry of companies forbidden from bidding that citizens can access immediately or in less than two weeks upon request. A 100 is also earned if there is a registry in place that at the time of this research is empty because no company has violated the law.
A 50 score is earned where any of the following conditions apply:
1) companies found guilty of violating the law (procurement, tax, labor, corruption, etc.) are generally forbidden from participating in future bidding, but there is evidence that some exceptions exist, or
2) citizen access to the full list of companies forbidden from participating takes more than two weeks.
A 0 score is earned where at least one of the following conditions apply:
1) companies found guilty of violating the law (procurement, tax, labor, corruption, etc.) are rarely forbidden from participating in future bidding, or
2) there is no registry of companies forbidden from participating or it exists but it's not public.
Type of variable: Continuous
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Standard cross-section: | 54 |
Standard time-series: | 54 |