Governance
- New key issues guide: E-Government
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Governments around the world have invested heavily on e-government. Behind this investment is the strong belief that the use of technology would lead to better government performance, improved quality of democracy and enhanced citizens’ trust in governments. Eldis' key issue page on E-government gives a brief overview of the developments in this field such as the impact of E-government on governance reform and democracy, and its future challenges.
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- District creation for patronage in Uganda
- ( E. Green / Crisis States Programme, LSE , 2008)
- Within the vast literature on decentralisation, there is little attention on one important aspect of decentralisation – namely the creation of new sub-national administrative units. This despite...
- Factors that give rise to social capital vary across contexts
- ( M.T. Kuenzi / Afro-Barometer , 2008)
- A great deal of research has been reported on social capital in the advanced industrialised democracies,...
- Fighting corruption in oil rich countries
- ( I. Kolstad;A. Wiig / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway , 2007)
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Corruption is a serious problem in many developing countries that are rich in oil and other natural resources. This is central in explaining why resource rich countries perform badly in ter...
- Analysing past and current debates about water and sanitation
- ( L. Mehta;F. Marshall;S. Movik / STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies , 2007)
- This STEPS paper reviews past and current debates in the water and sanitation domain and takes initial steps towards developing a framework that might better address the sustainability challenges pose...
- Discrimination in Pakistan
- ( Asian Centre for Human Rights, India , 2007)
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Pakistan has refused to cooperate with the International Convention Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination Committee (CERD) since 1998 and has failed to submit five periodic reports. Thi...
- E-government should support bureaucracy rather than reducing it
- ( A. Cordella / Journal of Information Technology , 2007)
- E-government policies when designed along the line of New Public Management (NPM) ideology are aimed at reforming the organisation of the public administration, and reducing the role of bureaucratic i...
- ICT potential remains largely unexploited in Africa
- ( Y. Kitaw / Swiss Federal Institute of Technology , 2006)
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In an increasingly globalised world, where information technology has become one of the key determinants of growth, many African countries are facing new challenges as a result of the emerging info...
- Managerial and political challenges for e-government
- ( A. Schellong / John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University , 2007)
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Taking a critical look at the state of the e-government across the globe, this paper shows that the main challenge for e-government lies in managerial and political domains. It argues that unless o...
- ICTs are changing the way the government does business for people
- ( UN , 2008)
- The United Nation’s e-Government Survey 2008 presents an assessment of governments in enhancing public service delivery while improving the efficiency and productivity of government processes an...
- Does IT application cause government reforms?
- ( K.L. Kraemer;J.L. King / School of Information, University of Michigan , 2005)
- Focussing on the use of information technology (IT) in the US, this paper argues that IT remains a useful instrument of incremental administrative change, but it is no more likely to bring about admin...
