E-procurement and corruption prevention in Indonesia’s local governments

The purpose of this study is to provide empirical evidence that regards the effect of e-procurement on the prevention of corruption in Indonesia’s local government. This is because it is well known that investors will be attracted to invest in countries with good governance and a low level of corruption. This study uses the purposive sampling method to select sample from the local government and data was obtained from the official website of the Government Procurement Policy Institute. In addition, reports on the progress of corruption prevention were obtained from the official website of the Corruption Eradication Commission. The result shows that e-procurement has no association with the anti-corruption strategy. The e-procurement ratio in Indonesia’s local government is low because e-government implementation has not fully reached the transaction stage. The central government should have mechanisms to ensure optimal e-procurement and to monitor the implementation of reported anti-corruption plans in local government.