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Public procurement represents an important part of the countries’ budgets. It is impossible to effectively solve the problem of public expenditure without establishing a rational and transparent public procurement management system. These markets are an essential government function for the delivery of goods and services to citizens. The overall success of an automated public procurement function leads to progress and economic growth for the country. In this paper, we analyze the potential of blockchain technology to improve the efficiency, ease, and transparency of public procurement in the case of Morocco and identify the current challenges facing public procurement, namely the lack of trust and transparency among critical stakeholders in the procurement process. To solve these problems, we propose a blockchain-based infrastructure to improve the mechanism of public procurement. The use of this technology will reduce the time spent processing documentation, reduce the degree of corruption in the public procurement process, by creating reputation lists accessible to all participants. Also, the use of smart contracts makes it possible to minimize the number of intermediaries in the conclusion of public contracts.
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Elalaoui Elabdallaoui, H., Elfazziki, A., Sadgal, M. (2021). A Blockchain-Based Platform for the e-Procurement Management in the Public Sector. In: Attiogbé, C., Ben Yahia, S. (eds) Model and Data Engineering. MEDI 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12732. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78428-7_17
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