Showing posts with label Public procurement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Public procurement. Show all posts

Sunday, May 15, 2011

15/05/2011: Public procurement

Ireland's "Social Partnership Capitalism" illustrated in one chart:
And it's getting worse. Data taken from eurostat shows that openly advertised procurement contracts for public sector purchasing have risen from 2.6% of Irish GDP in 2005 to 3.4% in 2007 before falling back to 2.2% in 2009.