At the beginning of the pandemic, Kristalina Georgieva, the director of the International Monetary Fund, urged national administrations to allocate the necessary amounts to actions to save and protect the lives of citizens, but without compromising the rules of transparency and accountability, which must, regardless of context, to govern any approach initiated by the public sector. All public procurement processes must be transparent and available at all times to be verified by finance professionals and auditors in order to avoid cost deficiencies and corruption. Bribery and corruption are often encountered in crisis situations, and these must be avoided so as not to erode the trust between the state and its partners, as well as between the state and its citizens.
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