Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Geo Quinot and Sue Arrowsmith -- The regulatory framework for public procurement in Botswana / Rekha Kumar and Elinor Caborn -- The regulatory framework for public procurement in Ethiopia / Tecle Hagos Bahta -- The regulatory framework for public procurement in Ghana / Dominic N. Dagbanja -- The regulatory framework for public procurement in Kenya / Kingsley Udeh -- The regulatory framework for public procurement in Namibia / Sam Amoo and Scott Dicken -- The regulatory framework for public procurement in Nigeria / Kingsley Udeh and Lawal Ahmadu -- The regulatory framework for public procurement in Rwanda / Ivan Rugema -- The regulatory framework for public procurement in South Africa / Phoebe Bolton -- The regulatory framework for public procurement in Zimbabwe / Naison Machingauta, Phoebe Bolton and Joel Zowa -- Donors' influence on developing countries' procurement systems, rules and markets : a critical analysis / Annamaria La Chimia -- Procurement methods in the public procurement systems of Africa / Elinor Caborn and Sue Arrowsmith -- A comparative perspective on supplier remedies in African public procurement systems / Geo Quinot -- A perspective on corruption and public procurement in Africa / Sope Williams-Elegbe -- Promotion of social policy through public procurement in Africa / Geo Quinot.