The Philippine Open Covid Contracts Dataset v1 18 May 2021
Institutions: WeSolve Data for Empowerment Program, Citizens' Budget Tracker, funded and supported by Hivos Southeast Asia's Open Up Contracting Program
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
This version: phlcovidcontracts v1 - 18 May 2021
Scope: Publicly available coronavirus-related government contracts worth P20 billion ($400 million) from the Government Procurement Policy Board website as of 3 August 2020.
Link to working paper: http://wesolve.ph/research/strengthening-procurement
Link to clean dataset and code: http://bit.ly/phlcovidcontracts
Link to paper on ResearchGate: http://bit.ly/phlcovidcontractspaper
Link to raw contract data (1.6 GB): http://bit.ly/phlcovidcontractsRaw
Link to source data: Raw data from https://gppbgovph.com/awardedcontracts.php
Working Paper: Strengthening Procurement in the Time of a Pandemic: Evidence from the Philippines
Authors: Kenneth Isaiah Ibasco Abante [1, 2], Laurence Go [2], John Michael C. Lava [2], James Russel A. Ramos [2], Reinabelle C. Reyes [2, 3], Ella Rosales [2], Jose R. Rueda IV [2, 4]
Authors' Affiliations: [1] Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, Ateneo de Manila University, kabante@ateneo.edu; Fellow and Head of Practice, WeSolve, kiabante@wesolve.ph; Coordinator, Citizens’ Budget Tracker; [2] Procurement Research Team, Citizens’ Budget Tracker, WeSolve Data for Empowerment Program; [3] National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines - Diliman; [4] Department of Quantitative Methods and Information Technology, Ateneo de Manila University
Corresponding author Ken Abante: kabante@ateneo.edu, kiabante@wesolve.ph
JEL Classification: H57, H61, O10
Key words: Open Contracting, Social Accountability, COVID-19, Procurement, Philippines
Disclaimer: Our research findings cannot and should not be used to conclude fraud or corruption, because our research only covers limited publicly available documents: purchase orders, notices of award, and annual procurement plans. Our study intends to inform the government and civil society on how we might mitigate potential risks in the system for new rounds of coronavirus-related purchases and future emergencies.
Recommended citation, paper: K.I.I. Abante, L. Go, J.M. Lava, J.R. Ramos, R. Reyes, E. Rosales, J.R. Rueda. 18 May 2021. “Strengthening Procurement in the Time of a Pandemic: Evidence from the Philippines”. WeSolve Data for Empowerment and Citizens’ Budget Tracker Working Paper. Funded and supported by Hivos Southeast Asia’s Open Up Contracting Program.
Recommended citation, dataset: K.I.I. Abante, L. Go, J.M. Lava, J.R. Ramos, R. Reyes, E. Rosales, J.R. Rueda. 18 May 2021. Philippine Open Covid Contracts Dataset (phlcovidcontracts v1), in "Strengthening Procurement in the Time of a Pandemic: Evidence from the Philippines”. WeSolve Data for Empowerment and Citizens’ Budget Tracker Working Paper. Funded and supported by Hivos Southeast Asia’s Open Up Contracting Program.