INTRODUCTION
| The critical procurement challenges faced by international development (ID) projects, procurement experts from donor organizations, host country government policymakers, and project implementation units and the most important categories of challenges were those related to project management capacity/capability, and ethics, the challenges deemed most important were those related to improper project planning, undue practices in procurement implementation, government bureaucracy and interference in procurement, and inexperienced procurement staff. it contributes to the ID project procurement by identifying the critical challenges to procurement, which differ from those of other project-related areas that require effective management by all stakeholders. Ultimately, this may improve procurement outcomes and overall project performance. |