List of Contributors

Acronyms

Introduction

S.N. NYECK

1 The Challenge of Knowing: Public Procurement Between Unilateral Knowledge Dissemination and Participatory Knowledge Creation

E.K. SARTER

2 Law and Public Procurement in Kenya: A Human Vulnerability Analysis

ATIENO MBOYA

3 Gender Justice in Public International Organizations’ Procurement Work: A Contrasted View

EMILIE COMBAZ

4 Growth Pattern in Women-Owned Construction Companies as Evidence of Vulnerability

ABIMBOLA WINDAPO

5 Contracted Vulnerability?: Job Quality, Service Quality, and Public Procurement of Services

E.K. SARTER AND ORLY BENJAMIN

6 The Case for Gender-Responsive Public Procurement in Botswana

EMMANUEL BOTLHALE

7 Gender-Responsiveness of Public Procurement and Tendering Policies in Kenya

GEDION ONYANGO AND MARYGORETTY AKINYI OTIENO

8 Policy Perspectives on Engendering Public Procurement in Africa: The Case of Rwanda and South Africa

ANGELITA KITHATU-KIWEKETE AND SHIKHA VYAS-DOORGAPERSAD

9 Vulnerability in Higher Education: The Case of Managerialism in Cleaning Services Procurement in Israel

ORLY BENJAMIN

10 The Paradox of Equity in Public Procurement Policies: A Vulnerability Analysis of Jordan

WA’ED ALSHOUBAKI

Index