Dr. Rajesh K Shakya
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Shakya is currently working with the World Bank as an e-Procurement Specialist (STC). He is an International expert on e-Government Procurement (e-GP), Framework Agreements and public procurement strategies. He has got extensive practical international experience in the countries from Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Central Asia, Asia, and Europe guiding more than 30 countries on planning, designing, developing processes and procedures, institutional arrangements, implementation of e-Procurements, Framework agreements, developing procurement and e-procurement strategies, e-GP Guidelines, Procurement Process Reengineering, standard bidding documents for Framework agreement and e-GP, green procurement, and also Public Procurement Performance Measurement and Monitoring Frameworks.
He has worked with the World Bank, USAID, Asian Development Bank, Eastern African Community, Inter-American Development Bank, Caribbean Development Bank, and other development agencies.
Mr. Shakya is the Ph.D. with Distinction in Public Administration with dissertation on ‘Good Governance in Public Procurement through e-Procurement’ from the Capella University, USA.
He has worked with the World Bank, USAID, Asian Development Bank, Eastern African Community, Inter-American Development Bank, Caribbean Development Bank, and other development agencies.
Mr. Shakya is the Ph.D. with Distinction in Public Administration with dissertation on ‘Good Governance in Public Procurement through e-Procurement’ from the Capella University, USA.
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Special Issue On: e-Procurement in Government
Submission Due Date
12/30/2016
Guest Editors
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Shakya, e-Government Procurement Specialist, The World Bank
Introduction
Public Procurement is one of the key sectors of public administration (PA). Governments spend significant amount of public funds in development activities. Public sector organizations acquire goods, services and works from third parties for obtaining different public outcomes. Further, the sheer magnitude of resources devoted to public procurement compels attention. Most nations spend about 20% of gross domestic product on public procurement (Callender & Mathews, 2000; R. Carter & Grimm, 2001), and developing nations spend up to 50% (Schiavo-Campo & Sundaram, 2000, p. 315). For the last 2 decades, e-procurement systems have grown rapidly in different countries. Most of the governments around the world are implementing e-government procurement (e-GP) systems as a tool for public procurement reform for better governance in the public procurement sector. Based on the recent trends and achievements reported by different countries, e-GP can provide a solution to address the problems of the lack of transparency and accountability, efficiency, effectiveness and predictability, corruption control, rule of law and ethics, easy access to procurement opportunities, bureaucratic inefficiency and ineffectiveness, nepotism, and cronyism (Shakya, 2015).
According to Thai (2001), procurement reforms occur constantly in all countries, including both developed and developing countries. The purpose and scope of reforms may vary from country to country depending on the problems in the country, but fundamental principles of procurement are in general the same, whether is in a developing country or in a developed country. The evolution of procurement is ongoing, from bureaucratic, manual process, green procurement to e-procurement systems. E-Procurement as mainstream procurement platform is still rare. Many countries still consider e-Procurement as one of the procurement methods, or just one of the components under e-Government projects. Real use of e-Procurement can significantly improve good governance in public procurement sector and contribute to the socio-economic development of a country.
Additionally, there is incomplete knowledge of the underlying attitudes, perceptions, and knowledge of any dimensions that could have an impact on good governance for the public procurement sector. The reasons to implement e-procurement are to achieve one or the other combinations of maximum good governance objectives in public procurement. There is still a lack of research-based knowledge on different aspects of e-Government Procurement (e-GP).
Objective
Today e-Procurement in governments is changing the landscape of procurement sector. E-Procurement is providing a lot of scope for innovation and also streamlining the gaps and challenges faced in the traditional public procurement practices. This special issue on e-Procurement in government is intended to focus on the innovations, research, challenges, success and failure stories, and practitioner lessons, which provides reference to the policy makers, practitioners and researchers in the field of working on procurement and e-Procurement in government.
Recommended Topics
Topics to be discussed in this special issue include (but are not limited to) the following:
• Innovations in Public procurement
• Impact of e-Procurement in government
• Value-for-money in public procurement through e-Procurement
• Challenges of implementing e-Procurement in government
• Resolving risk issues in public procurement through e-Procurement
• Adoption of e-Procurement in government
• e-Procurement and ethics in public procurement
• e-Procurement and accountability in public procurement
• e-Procurement and equal treatment in public procurement
• e-Procurement and efficiency in public procurement
• Collaborative procurement through e-Procurement
• E-Procurement and Public procurement reform
• E-Procurement and administrative efficiency in public procurement
• E-Procurement and Socio-economic development of country
• E-Procurement as a political agenda of government
Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this special theme issue on e-Procurement in Government on or before December 30, 2016. All submissions must be original and may not be under review by another publication. INTERESTED AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT THE JOURNAL’S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at http://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/. All submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind, peer review basis. Papers must follow APA style for reference citations.
All submissions and inquiries should be directed to the attention of:
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Shakya
Guest Editor
International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age (IJPADA)
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
Call for Chapters for my book is already online. See the URL: http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/2006
This book (“Digital Governance and E-Government Principles Applied to Public Procurement”) aims to be an essential reference source, building on the available literature in the field of e-Government Procurement (e-GP) around the globe and providing for further research opportunities. It is hoped that this text will provide the resources necessary for policy makers, practitioners, development agencies, and technology developers to adopt and implement e-Procurement platforms contributing towards good governance.
This book should be published for it's scholarly value and contributions to the field of e-Government Procurement (e-GP), providing for further research opportunities which could lead to wider adoption of e-Procurement as well as improved platform developments embracing the spirit of public procurement reforms and incorporating all the instruments of good governance in seemless manner. Policy makers, academicians, researchers, advanced-level students, technology developers, development agencies, and government officials will find this text useful in furthering their research exposure to pertinent topics in e-Government Procurement and assisting in furthering their own research efforts in this field of e-Procurement.
The prospective audience for the edited book will be policy makers, academicians, researchers, advanced-level students, technology developers, development agencies, practitioners and government officials will find this text useful in furthering their research and practice exposure to pertinent topics in e-Government Procurement (e-GP) and assisting in furthering their own research and practice efforts in this field of e-Procurement.
Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
Note: The suggestive issues, which can be covered under each section are given below. However prospective authors are free to give their own suggestions and proposals.
· Stakeholders Engagement in e-Procurement
· e-Procurement implementation framework
· Good Government Maturity Assessment Framework of e-Procurement systems
· Socio-economic Development Through e-Procurement
· Public Procurement Reform through e-Procurement
· Key Implementation Issues of e-Government Procurement
· Sustainability of e-Procurement Systems
· Value for Money through e-Procurement
· Good Governance Through e-Procurement
· Comparative study of e-Procurement Implementations
· e-Procurement Adoption Strategies
· Case Studies on e-Procurement Use
· Case Studies on e-Procurement Implementation
· Challenges of misuse of e-Procurement Systesm
· Ethics in using e-Procurement system
· e-Procurement for Sustainable Procurement
· Modernization of Public Administration through e-Procurement
· Innovation in Public Procurement
· Technologies in Public Procurement
· Traditional public procurement vs. e-Procurement
· e-Procurement for Strategic Procurement
Should you accept this invitation, Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before January 30, 2016, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Please visit http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/2006 for submitting your proposal. Authors will be notified by February 15, 2016 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by May 30, 2016, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at http://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.
This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2016.
Please visit http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/2006 for more details regarding this publication.
Important dates:
January 30, 2016: Proposal Submission Deadline
February 15, 2016: Notification of Acceptance
May 30, 2016: Full Chapter Submission
July 30, 2016: Review Results Returned
September 15, 2016: Final Acceptance Notification
September 30, 2015: Final Chapter Submission
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. I appreciate your consideration of this invitation and hope to hear from you soon!
With best regards,
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Shakya
Editor
Digital Governance and E-Government Principles Applied to Public Procurement
Special Issue On: e-Procurement in Government
Submission Due Date
12/30/2016
Guest Editors
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Shakya, e-Government Procurement Specialist, The World Bank
Introduction
Public Procurement is one of the key sectors of public administration (PA). Governments spend significant amount of public funds in development activities. Public sector organizations acquire goods, services and works from third parties for obtaining different public outcomes. Further, the sheer magnitude of resources devoted to public procurement compels attention. Most nations spend about 20% of gross domestic product on public procurement (Callender & Mathews, 2000; R. Carter & Grimm, 2001), and developing nations spend up to 50% (Schiavo-Campo & Sundaram, 2000, p. 315). For the last 2 decades, e-procurement systems have grown rapidly in different countries. Most of the governments around the world are implementing e-government procurement (e-GP) systems as a tool for public procurement reform for better governance in the public procurement sector. Based on the recent trends and achievements reported by different countries, e-GP can provide a solution to address the problems of the lack of transparency and accountability, efficiency, effectiveness and predictability, corruption control, rule of law and ethics, easy access to procurement opportunities, bureaucratic inefficiency and ineffectiveness, nepotism, and cronyism (Shakya, 2015).
According to Thai (2001), procurement reforms occur constantly in all countries, including both developed and developing countries. The purpose and scope of reforms may vary from country to country depending on the problems in the country, but fundamental principles of procurement are in general the same, whether is in a developing country or in a developed country. The evolution of procurement is ongoing, from bureaucratic, manual process, green procurement to e-procurement systems. E-Procurement as mainstream procurement platform is still rare. Many countries still consider e-Procurement as one of the procurement methods, or just one of the components under e-Government projects. Real use of e-Procurement can significantly improve good governance in public procurement sector and contribute to the socio-economic development of a country.
Additionally, there is incomplete knowledge of the underlying attitudes, perceptions, and knowledge of any dimensions that could have an impact on good governance for the public procurement sector. The reasons to implement e-procurement are to achieve one or the other combinations of maximum good governance objectives in public procurement. There is still a lack of research-based knowledge on different aspects of e-Government Procurement (e-GP).
Objective
Today e-Procurement in governments is changing the landscape of procurement sector. E-Procurement is providing a lot of scope for innovation and also streamlining the gaps and challenges faced in the traditional public procurement practices. This special issue on e-Procurement in government is intended to focus on the innovations, research, challenges, success and failure stories, and practitioner lessons, which provides reference to the policy makers, practitioners and researchers in the field of working on procurement and e-Procurement in government.
Recommended Topics
Topics to be discussed in this special issue include (but are not limited to) the following:
• Innovations in Public procurement
• Impact of e-Procurement in government
• Value-for-money in public procurement through e-Procurement
• Challenges of implementing e-Procurement in government
• Resolving risk issues in public procurement through e-Procurement
• Adoption of e-Procurement in government
• e-Procurement and ethics in public procurement
• e-Procurement and accountability in public procurement
• e-Procurement and equal treatment in public procurement
• e-Procurement and efficiency in public procurement
• Collaborative procurement through e-Procurement
• E-Procurement and Public procurement reform
• E-Procurement and administrative efficiency in public procurement
• E-Procurement and Socio-economic development of country
• E-Procurement as a political agenda of government
Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this special theme issue on e-Procurement in Government on or before December 30, 2016. All submissions must be original and may not be under review by another publication. INTERESTED AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT THE JOURNAL’S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at http://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/. All submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind, peer review basis. Papers must follow APA style for reference citations.
All submissions and inquiries should be directed to the attention of:
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Shakya
Guest Editor
International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age (IJPADA)
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
Call for Chapters for my book is already online. See the URL: http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/2006
This book (“Digital Governance and E-Government Principles Applied to Public Procurement”) aims to be an essential reference source, building on the available literature in the field of e-Government Procurement (e-GP) around the globe and providing for further research opportunities. It is hoped that this text will provide the resources necessary for policy makers, practitioners, development agencies, and technology developers to adopt and implement e-Procurement platforms contributing towards good governance.
This book should be published for it's scholarly value and contributions to the field of e-Government Procurement (e-GP), providing for further research opportunities which could lead to wider adoption of e-Procurement as well as improved platform developments embracing the spirit of public procurement reforms and incorporating all the instruments of good governance in seemless manner. Policy makers, academicians, researchers, advanced-level students, technology developers, development agencies, and government officials will find this text useful in furthering their research exposure to pertinent topics in e-Government Procurement and assisting in furthering their own research efforts in this field of e-Procurement.
The prospective audience for the edited book will be policy makers, academicians, researchers, advanced-level students, technology developers, development agencies, practitioners and government officials will find this text useful in furthering their research and practice exposure to pertinent topics in e-Government Procurement (e-GP) and assisting in furthering their own research and practice efforts in this field of e-Procurement.
Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
Note: The suggestive issues, which can be covered under each section are given below. However prospective authors are free to give their own suggestions and proposals.
· Stakeholders Engagement in e-Procurement
· e-Procurement implementation framework
· Good Government Maturity Assessment Framework of e-Procurement systems
· Socio-economic Development Through e-Procurement
· Public Procurement Reform through e-Procurement
· Key Implementation Issues of e-Government Procurement
· Sustainability of e-Procurement Systems
· Value for Money through e-Procurement
· Good Governance Through e-Procurement
· Comparative study of e-Procurement Implementations
· e-Procurement Adoption Strategies
· Case Studies on e-Procurement Use
· Case Studies on e-Procurement Implementation
· Challenges of misuse of e-Procurement Systesm
· Ethics in using e-Procurement system
· e-Procurement for Sustainable Procurement
· Modernization of Public Administration through e-Procurement
· Innovation in Public Procurement
· Technologies in Public Procurement
· Traditional public procurement vs. e-Procurement
· e-Procurement for Strategic Procurement
Should you accept this invitation, Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before January 30, 2016, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Please visit http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/2006 for submitting your proposal. Authors will be notified by February 15, 2016 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by May 30, 2016, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at http://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.
This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2016.
Please visit http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/2006 for more details regarding this publication.
Important dates:
January 30, 2016: Proposal Submission Deadline
February 15, 2016: Notification of Acceptance
May 30, 2016: Full Chapter Submission
July 30, 2016: Review Results Returned
September 15, 2016: Final Acceptance Notification
September 30, 2015: Final Chapter Submission
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. I appreciate your consideration of this invitation and hope to hear from you soon!
With best regards,
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Shakya
Editor
Digital Governance and E-Government Principles Applied to Public Procurement