E-Government and Developing Countries: An Overview

Implications and Future Directions, 2010

An abridged definitive conceptual framework is presented for Electronic Governance (eGovernance). The framework relies on the time-proven principle of introducing a concept by progressing from the 'known' to the 'unknown'. It takes note of the need to define Electronic Governance from the more well-known concept of Good Governance that predates it. The framework is informed by the author's several years of experience in an advisory role in the concepts, planning and implementation of eGovernance in Commonwealth member countries. eGovernance is presented as a natural progression from Good Governance and as contextually inclusive of Electronic Democracy (eDemocracy), Electronic Government (eGovernment) and Government Electronic Business (eBusiness). Making the transition to eGovernance is presented in terms of a taxonomy of levels of evolution of eGovernance, with selected examples of distinct service delivery clusters. Trustworthy computing is introduced as the convergence between computing, the legal and the psycho-technical within the context of the processes and structures of the deployment of eGovernance systems and related technology systems. This gives provenance to the imperative for the need for a trusted business environment, a legal framework and valid laws of evidence, thus linking technology perspectives to building cyberlaw capacity for eGovernance.

International Journal of Information Communication Technologies and Human Development, 2012

E-Governance is a powerful tool for bringing change to the government process in the developing world. Mainly, e-governance operates at the cross roads between information and communication Technol...

In recent years, there has been a worldwide wave of using e-government as a mechanism to improve government's efficiency through transparency, openness and increasing interactions across governments, citizens, and the civil society organisations.

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Governments in the developing world are under considerable international and national pressure to review and update their processes. Internationally, donors and governments in the developed world are urging governments of developing countries to increase transparency, support ...

Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review, 2021

E-Governance been the utilization of information and communication technologies to improve information and service delivery to the citizen and every other stakeholders has been on the rise in so many countries, the important of e-governance cannot be overemphasize and sideline, it has been a growing trend. Internally, it has been helpful in keeping records, eliminating bureaucracy and increasing government efficiency. For the sake of this paper, we would be considering what good governance is, the growing trend of e-governance and why it is vital in governing processes. Although the application of information and communication technology in most African countries have not been promoted due to so many reasons. E-Governance has been a growing trend which in years to come will dominate every government operations. Related journals, textbooks, publications and other reference materials were used in the course of this research work.

arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.0681, 2012

perspective, 2006

In recent years, there has been a worldwide wave of using e-government as a mechanism to improve government's efficiency through transparency, openness and increasing interactions across governments, citizens, and the civil society organisations.

New information and communication technologies can make a significant contribution to the achievement of good governance goals. This 'e-governance' can make governance more efficient and more effective, and bring other benefits too. This paper outlines the three main contributions of e-governance: improving government processes (e-administration); connecting citizens (e-citizens and e-services); and building external interactions (esociety). Case studies are used to show that e-governance is a current, not just future, reality for developing countries. However, most e-governance initiatives fail. Countries therefore face two challenges. First, the strategic challenge of e-readiness: preparing six identified pre-conditions for e-governance. Second, the tactical challenge of closing design-reality gaps: adopting best practice in e-governance projects in order to avoid failure and to achieve success. A vision for change is therefore outlined of which more details are given in a related paper (Heeks 2001a). of government by processing data. The new model is one of information and communication technologies (ICTs) supporting and transforming the external workings of governance by processing and communicating data. e-Governance should be seen to encompass all ICTs, but the key innovation is computer networks -from intranets to the Internet -creating a wealth of new digital connections:

Information and communication technologies have become important tools for ensuring good governance as it makes service delivery easy, fast and economic. As any other under developed country Bangladesh has much potential to use this ICT based opportunity to bring changes in livelihood and standard of living of city dwellers. The present issue is directly related to ICT development which is one of the priority issues in this world, named as E-governance. It's objective is to promote efficient, open and transparent governance in public services and to bring the operations of public institutions closer to the people they serve, and reinforce a culture of information free flow between the two parties. Part of United Nations Organization (UNESCO) has taken some initiatives as e-governance projects for African municipalities especially the notable ones are e-governance project implementation at Lusaka City Council – Zambia project, Government to Citizen (G2C) services delivered from the CICs.

The concept of e-Governance (e-process of Governmental works and services) was originated in India during 1970s. Electronic Government is a form of organization that integrates the interactions and the interrelations between G2C, C2G, G2G, G2B and G2N for transparency, efficiency and integrity in Government functions, easy information access and reduction of redundancy and duplication. This paper also discusses the necessary criteria for e-Governance implementation, present scenario of e-Governance in different states of India and Central Government perspectives, application of e-Governance, delivery models, architecture of e-Governance and many more.