e-Government in Latin America Roberto López Red GEALC Febrero 2006 (Draft presentation)

How LAC is positioned in reference to the other regions? Source 1: Brown University Global e-Government 2005 Report % of Government Sites Offering Online Services Lider Countries Ratings Regional Liders Source 2: UN e-gov Readiness Source 3: GEALC Network

% of Government Sites Offering Online Services

Brown University Rating 0 to 100 point e-government index 1 point for one service, 100 = having all features plus at least 28 online services

Publications and Databases audio clips and video clips foreign language access not having ads, not having user fees disability access having privacy and security policies, allowing digital signatures on transactions an option to pay via credit cards contact information areas to post comments option for updates option for website personalization PDA accessibility.

Top Ten 1.Taiwan USA China Germany Ireland Great Britain Chile Chad32 9. Finland Netherlands31.4

Leaders by Region

Regional Leaders

Regional e-government readiness rankings

PAISIndex Change Chile = Mex Brazil Arg Urug Colom Venez Perú Panam Crica

Web measure assessment The web measure index assesses the websites of the governments to determine if they are employing egovernment to the fullest. The web measure rankings are different to the e- government readiness rankings given in the previous slide, which are based on a composite index comprising web measure, infrastructure and human capital assessment.

PAIS2005 Index 1USA UK Singapore Korea Denmark Chile Mexico Brazil Argentina Colombia0.6154

E-gov stages I- Emerging II- Enhanced III- Interactive IV- Transactional V- Networked

Scores by stages, 2005 PAISIIIIIIIVV USA Chile Canadá México Japan Brazil Ireland Argentina Colombia