Gap Analysis of Government Procurement in LDCs in respect to The World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA): The Gambia Case study

Gap Analysis of Government Procurement in LDCs in respect to The World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA): The Gambia Case study

: Gap Analysis of Government Procurement in LDCs in respect to The World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA): The Gambia Case study

REQUIRED CONTENT

• The Gambia’s Procurement system and international trade data

Challenges

• Access to European market

Why the Economic partnership agreement, European objective , benefit and objections of west African states

• Access to USA

(FAR -LDCs)

Access to Chinese market

Bilateral Accessibility – challenges , short and long term benefits

Requirements and means of elevating from an LDCInrepect of international trade

 

Assuming if elevated from the LDC

GAP – Government Procurement Agreement

Back ground of Gap

Requirement – Gap Analysis

Exception for developing countries

Accession to the GPA

GPA coverage – what it impacts it has on developing countries and is it beneficial considering the products they have to trade

Raw materials vs finish product.

Is it in the interest of developing countries – trade barriers,

Does the Gpa benefit developed countries more than developing countries in the long run

Mechanism to breach the Gap focusing on developing countries

Is it an equal playing field as most African countries lack capacity and have not benefitted from industrialization?

What will developing countries need trade , offsets , corruption

Access to government procurement markets

Impacts on public procurement

Impacts on developments

Disadvantages of entering the GPA