TY  - JOUR
A1  - Heinzel, Mirko
T1  - Divided loyalties?
T2  - Governance
N2  - Many operational International Organizations (IOs) rely on national staff when implementing projects in member states. However, fears persist that the loyalties of national IO staff may be divided when working in their home countries. The article studies differences in more than 50,000 procurement decisions taken in 1729 projects overseen by World Bank staff working as expatriates or in their home countries. The empirical results show that when staff work in their home countries, national suppliers' probability of winning procurement contracts increases. However, these increases are not driven by restricted procurement processes—that exclude competition—which are often seen as red flags for corruption. Instead, restricted procurement processes seem to be less likely when staff work in their home countries. These findings imply that national IO staff use their country-specific knowledge to increase the development effectiveness of procurement in line with the mandate of the World Bank.
Y1  - 2022
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/63623
SN  - 0952-1895
SN  - 1468-0491
VL  - 35
IS  - 4
SP  - 1183
EP  - 1203
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Oxford
ER  -