Contents

pp v-viii

List of contributors

pp ix-xxiv

Foreword by Pascal Lamy

pp xxv-xxviii

Perspective of the Chairman of the WTO Committee on Government Procurement, Nicholas Niggli (Switzerland)

pp xxix-xxxii

Preface

pp xxxiii-xxxv

Disclaimer

pp xxxvi-xxxvi

PART I - The WTO regime on government procurement

pp 1-2

1 - The WTO regime on government procurement: past, present and future

pp 3-58

PART II - Expanding the scope of the Agreement on Government Procurement: accession and coverage

pp 59-60

2 - Forging a more global procurement market: issues concerning accessions to the Agreement on Government Procurement

pp 61-91

3 - Accession to the Agreement on Government Procurement: the case of China

pp 92-116

4 - India's possible accession to the Agreement on Government Procurement: what are the pros and cons?

pp 117-139

5 - The benefits for developing countries of accession to the Agreement on Government Procurement: the case of Chinese Taipei

pp 140-148

6 - The coverage negotiations under the Agreement on Government Procurement: context, mandate, process and prospects

pp 149-174

7 - Canada's sub-central government entities and the Agreement on Government Procurement: past and present

pp 175-196

8 - The procurement of state trading enterprises under the WTO Agreements: a proposal for a way forward

pp 197-251

9 - Addressing purchasing arrangements between public sector entities: what can the WTO learn from the EU's experience?

pp 252-282

PART III - Revision of the procedural rules and other transparency provisions of the Agreement on Government Procurement

pp 283-284

10 - The Revised Agreement on Government Procurement: changes to the procedural rules and other transparency provisions

pp 285-336

PART IV - Developing countries in the WTO procurement regime

pp 337-338

11 - Special and differential treatment and other special measures for developing countries under the Agreement on Government Procurement: the current text and new provisions

pp 339-376

12 - Building sustainable capacity in public procurement

pp 377-389

13 - Untying aid through the Agreement on Government Procurement: a means to encourage developing countries' accession to the Agreement and to improve aid effectiveness?

pp 390-426

PART V - Economic and social development (horizontal policies) in government procurement

pp 427-428

14 - The national treatment and exceptions provisions of the Agreement on Government Procurement and the pursuit of horizontal policies

pp 429-443

15 - The limited case for permitting SME procurement preferences in the Agreement on Government Procurement

pp 444-458

16 - Social policies in procurement and the Agreement on Government Procurement: a perspective from South Africa

pp 459-480

PART VI - Enforcement and remedies

pp 481-482

17 - Constructing a system of challenge procedures to comply with the Agreement on Government Procurement

pp 483-510