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I am a public procurement expert with almost 20 years of research and hands-on experience in a variety of regulatory environments . I am also a part-time University Lecturer on industrial organization and market design. am committed to ensuring 'thinking and doing' in procurement coexist under one roof, with my research and civil service practice constantly informing each other

Gian Luigi Albano

Emails: gla@gianluigialbano.com | galbano@luiss.it | gianluigi.albano@consip.it

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I have published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and my book. The Law and Economics of Framework Agreements (Cambridge University Press, with C. Nicholas) is the leading monograph on the most widely used technique for demand aggregation.

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The Law and Economics of Framework Agreements

Authors:

Gian Luigi Albano, Research Unit, Consip Ltd, Rome
Caroline Nicholas, United Nations Office of Legal Affairs, UNCITRAL, Vienna

Date Published:

May 2016

Framework agreements have arisen in response to the well documented and high costs of public procurement procedures. The agreements have significant potential to improve procedural efficiency in public procurement, but are complex to operate. Inadequate preparation and implementation can also frustrate their potential both to tackle waste, abuse and corruption and to enhance value for money. In this enlightening book, Gian Luigi Albano and Caroline Nicholas look at the key decisions required for designing and using framework agreements and address both legal and economic issues to give the reader a clear understanding of the planning, variables and flexibility needed for efficient implementation. This book will be of interest to policy makers, lawyers and public procurement practitioners who want to deepen their understanding of the legal and economic issues surrounding framework agreements.

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Russian edition

Date Published:

July 2020

An extraordinary partnership between Cambridge University Press and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has made it possible the publication of the Russian edition of the book.

The electronic copy of the Russian translation can be downloaded by clicking on the icon of cover page.

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(Some of) The Lessons of Paul Milgrom and “Bob” Wilson to avoid “Bad Buying” and … “Worse Thinking” – Part 1

(Some of) The Lessons of Paul Milgrom and “Bob” Wilson to avoid “Bad Buying” and … “Worse Thinking

2020-10-14 12:56

The 2020 Nobel Laureates for Economics, Paul Milgrom and Robert (“Bob”) Wilson “have studied how auctions work. They have also used their insights to

Data management and Information in public procurement 4.0

2018-09-25 16:54

The following text is (almost) the transcript of the keynote speech I delivered at the 2018 Global Public Procurement Conference organised by the Interamerican

Books&Ideas: "Atomic Habits" and Kaizen

2024-07-14 13:58

I bumped into “Atomic Habits” half by accident and half some sort of mental correlation with another recently finished book “The Subtle Art of Not Giv

Gas in - Electricity out

2022-12-15 19:41

Gas, electricity and economic fragility

The Alluring Legacy of William Vickrey to Public Procurement (Practitioners)

2021-01-03 16:13

In 1996, the Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences was awarded jointly to James A. Mirrlees and William Vickrey “for their fundamental contributions to th

“Will the next global emergency require "virtual" central purchasing bodies?”

2020-07-05 19:54

Psychologists as well as sociologists will pour much ink – whether virtual or liquid – about the impact of social distancing on learning, soft skills

Much noise and a few signals: Will Alice ever learn anything about centralized procurement?

2020-05-30 23:10

Occasionally, the discussion about the pros and the cons of policy makers’ inclination to create new or to further expand the role of already-establis

Gli appalti pubblici tra la Scilla della flessibilità e la Cariddi dell'ipertrofia regolamentare

2018-06-02 17:16

Chiunque abbia maturato un minimo di esperienza negli appalti pubblici in Italia è ben consapevole di quanto le "regole del gioco" siano frutto di un

Start-up post 26 May 2018 (EN)

2018-05-25 23:26

I have been incessantly using the metaphor of Sisyphus in my training sessions on the economic analysis of procurement, and particularly of public pro

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