Local Content in Procurement : Creating Local Jobs and Competitive Domestic Industries in Supply Chains.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Competitiveness vs. protectionism: is local content a road to economic competitiveness or a pathway to protectionism? -- 2 Local content optimisation: modelling the economic impact of local content on commercial interests and public industrial policy -- 3 Procurement strategy: the role of contracting and procurement strategy in effective local content management -- 4 Case study: procurement as a driver of national competitiveness in the Poinsettia project, BG Group, Trinidad and Tobago -- 5 Major contract tenders: factoring local content into the formulation of invitations to tender and tender evaluation for major contracts -- 6 Accessible procurement: designing procurement procedures to facilitate access for local suppliers -- 7 SME development programmes: capacity building of SMEs to participate in procurement -- 8 Aid procurement: an opportunity to stimulate private sector development through local supply chains -- 9 Metrics and measurement: unpacking the performance reporting of local content and local supplier development -- Index -- About the author.

Recognizing the substantial economic and social value brought to host countries and local communities through the procurement practices of large private and public companies, this book provides a first-hand account of the Local Content regulations, strategies and procurement processes needed to realize these social benefits.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.