Gender-responsive procurement: a systematic literature review

Kelly, Stephen; Reszka, Marzena; Polychronakis, Yiannis

Abstract

There have been a number of ways in which governments and buying organisations have used gender-responsive procurement to attempt to increase the amount and spread of spend with women-led businesses. These range from regulatory interventions, such as ‘set-asides’, at the government level, to more operational actions at the procurement process level, such as adapting tender specifications and evaluation criteria. Despite these aims, success has been both limited and slow to achieve, with many examples of targets not being met. As this is an important area of practice concern, this systematic literature review identifies and synthesises relevant gender-responsive procurement literature to generate descriptive findings, i.e., trajectory, methods and theories used and develops a set of key themes that are synthesised into an initial framework.

Citation

Kelly, S., Reszka, M., & Polychronakis, Y. (2024, March). Gender-responsive procurement: a systematic literature review. Paper presented at The 33rd Annual International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association Conference, Rio de Janiero, Brazil

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: The 33rd Annual International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association Conference
• Conference Location: Rio de Janiero, Brazil
• Start Date: Mar 24, 2024
• End Date: Mar 27, 2024
• Deposit Date: Apr 7, 2024
• Publisher URL: https://ipsera2024.com/