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Sustainable procurement in Ghana: a systematic literature review and future research agenda

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  • Foster Abrampa Opoku-Mensah
  • Theophilus Maloreh-Nyamekye
  • Albert Ahenkan
  • Benjamin Awuah

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The focus of the study was to set an agenda for sustainable procurement (SP) research. Adopting a systematic literature review approach, data was collected from articles published in internet-based journals. Without restricting evidence to a particular sector, 25 articles were collected from a period spanning 2007 to 2020, analysed descriptively, and presented results in descriptive and thematic form. The findings indicated SP research in Ghana has been silent until 2013. Studies are concentrated in the mining and construction industries. The practice of SP was reported to be low with differing practices from sector to sector but with prospects and opportunities for promotion. Twenty factors and challenges were identified. The recent surge in the research revealed by the results calls for studies into several issues like comparing the effects of decentralised and centralised purchasing agreements on SP adoption using different approaches, levels of analysis, contexts, conceptual and methodological approaches.

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  • Foster Abrampa Opoku-Mensah & Theophilus Maloreh-Nyamekye & Albert Ahenkan & Benjamin Awuah, 2023. "Sustainable procurement in Ghana: a systematic literature review and future research agenda," International Journal of Procurement Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 17(3), pages 277-299.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijpman:v:17:y:2023:i:3:p:277-299
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