Factors influencing e-government maturity in transition economies and developing countries

Abstract

This study examines the influences of relevant environmental factors on E-government (E-gov) maturity in transition economies and developing countries (TEDC). Countries from Eastern Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin American and South Asia were selected for the study. Prior research has investigated E-gov growth, development, and diffusion across both the developed and developing worlds. While such a focus is useful for comparative analyses at a global level, it is however argued that more useful information will emerge to enrich insight when research efforts particularly focus attention on issues in emerging parts of the world. Very few researchers have studied the factors influencing Egov maturity in TEDC and with the approach employed in this present research. Using relevant theoretical frameworks, this research identified and examined the impact of 9 environmental factors of socio, political, economic, and technological dimensions on E-gov maturity in TEDC. A 5-year panel data consisting of 320 observations or data points was used in conjunction with the ordinary least squares (OLS) technique. This research also provided analyses for each of the selected subregions to enhance insight. Overall, the results showed that the availability of quality human resource, technological infrastructure, innovative capacity, wealth, rule of law, and transparency levels are important factors that positively impact E-gov maturity in TEDC. The implications of the study's findings for research and policy making are discussed. Future research avenues are also highlighted. ACM Categories: K.6. Management of Computing and Information Systems

Adoption of e-Government in Pakistan: Supply Perspective

“…D'Agostino's et al (2011), Park (2007), and all agree that static websites that are typical of small-sized local government agencies are ineffective in delivering the eGovernment services expected by citizens in the digital age. In fact, the rate of adoption of ICTs to support citizen empowerment in the form of e-Government was assessed as "fair" to "low" in the extant [33,34] .…”

“…The implication of this current research may indicate that one of the primary factors that was found to increase the digital divide gap, lack of high-speed broadband Internet, did not seem to be a factor in the cities and census designated places explored in the study. community Public Library should be the leader in broadband high-speed Internet access for the location they serve [34] , [35] . Research question two (Q2 ) identified that the greatest citizen empowerment opportunity identified was the use of social media.…”

Cross-national analysis of the relation of eGovernment maturity and OSS growth

“…Previous research has also utilized this combination as a measure of eGov maturity, e.g. Ifinedo (2011) and Srivastava and Teo (2007).…”

“…Of course, these findings did not eliminate the importance of technological advancements and infrastructure for the eGov success (Singh et al, 2007;Azad et al, 2010;Relly and Sabharwal, 2009;Siau and Long, 2004). Ifinedo (2011) also showed that the greater the level of technological innovative capacity of a country, the higher its eGov maturity.…”

“…Research on eGov development and evolution across countries has showed that it should not be studied merely from a technological perspective. A number of researchers have identified different aspects of eGov's nature, such as social (Ho, 2002;Singh et al, 2007), economic (La Porte et al, 2001;Shareef et al, 2009), political and institutional (Azad et al, 2010;Wong and Welch, 2004;Ifinedo, 2011), organizational (Srivastava and Teo, 2010), cultural (Khalil, 2011), public administrative (Moon and Norris, 2005;Stamati and Karantjias, 2011) and behavioral (Shareef et al, 2009). Of course, these findings did not eliminate the importance of technological advancements and infrastructure for the eGov success (Singh et al, 2007;Azad et al, 2010;Relly and Sabharwal, 2009;Siau and Long, 2004).…”