Social Science and Human Research Bulletin

The degree to which public procurement may be implemented in a particular setting depends on the political praxis and the spectacle of bureaucracy in the face of corruption. There is not a lot of empirical research available in this field. This work examines the interactions between politics, /bureaucracy and corruption in public procurement practices, identifying holdups and potential solutions, within the context of Weberian and game theories in emerging economies. Using the body of existing literature, pertinent sources were equitably and competently examined, comprehended and tested for the goal of this study. Finding pertinent papers and using them in the study was the aim. The argument made in this work is that public procurement practices are becoming less effective and unable to provide the public with value for money because of politics, bureaucracy and corruption entangled in emerging countries. Politicians and bureaucrats in these economies rely too heavily on the whims of corruption, which frequently irritates the public and lowers the realization of any public procurement activity’s value for money. Consequently, the work concludes that if emerging economy bureaucracies and politics restrict corruption outlets, especially those that enhance their public procurement operations and actions, then the dire situation in these economies could be reversed. International best practices ought to be domesticated in this age of globalization.

Bureaucracy, Corruption, Emerging economies, Politics, Public Procurement practices.

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