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

Authors: Foster Abrampa Opoku-Mensah; Theophilus Maloreh-Nyamekye; Albert Ahenkan; Benjamin Awuah

Addresses: Department of Health Services Management and Administration, School of Business, Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies, P.O. Box WA64 Wa, Upper West Region, Ghana; Department of Public Administration and Health Services Management, University of Ghana Business School, P.O. Box LG 78, Legon-Accra, Ghana; Department of Public Administration and Development Studies, College of Business and Economics, Addis Ababa University, Box 1176 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ' Department of Public Administration and Health Services Management, University of Ghana Business School, P.O. Box LG 78, Legon-Accra, Ghana ' Department of Public Administration and Health Services Management, University of Ghana Business School, P.O. Box LG 78, Legon-Accra, Ghana ' Department of Accounting, University of Ghana Business School, P.O. Box LG 78, Legon-Accra, Ghana

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: gap; Ghana; literature; procurement; systematic; review; SLR; sustainability; sustainable procurement; komfo anokye teaching hospital; Kurle Bu teaching hospital.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPM.2023.131171

International Journal of Procurement Management, 2023 Vol.17 No.3, pp.277 - 299

Received: 13 Oct 2021
Accepted: 10 Nov 2021
Published online: 01 Jun 2023 *

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