My main interest lies in Smart Procurement for More Effective Aid, which broadly refers to how we can synchronize aid contributions by using country systems to contribute to job creation, and income generation for local economies in developing countries.
Procurement is a historical and meaningful issue for sustainable development. It has been as a key part of the international development agenda since the 1980, yet is still disregarded in some context. In the case of Korean ODA, an aid effectiveness-blind attitude to ODA planning, implementation and monitoring is commonplace.
According to the OECD report Lessons Learned from Applying the Methodology for Assessment of Natio...