Publication

Poll on Public Procurement and Fiscal Management

In an Institute for Reform poll (RIO 2026-11, October 16, 2026, n=1,018), 82.5% said it is serious that, according to a Board of Audit and Inspection finding released in March, about four in ten sampled items on the Public Procurement Service's KONEPS shopping mall were supplied at prices above market prices; 10.1% said it is not serious. Even among respondents who said the government is using the budget efficiently, 64.6% called the problem serious. On the government's use of the budget, 65.5% said it is not using it efficiently, including 50.6% who said not at all, against 30.1% who said it is. On fiscal priorities, 76.3% chose making budget execution more efficient and 14.2% expanding fiscal spending.