The World of E-government PAD 6710: Lecture 2 The World of E-government
Perspectives Prospects IT is making the world a borderless place Cities are more significant than nations IT increases efficiency IT increases transparency Flat world
E-government development index Composite of: Web Measure Index Telecommunication Infrastructure Index Human Capital Index Based on stages of e-government evolution: Emerging; Enhanced; Interactive; Transactional; Connected
E-government development index Telecommunication Infrastructure Index: Equal weights of Internet Users /100 persons PCs /100 persons Main Telephones Lines /100 persons Cellular telephones /100 persons Broad banding /100 persons Human Capital Index Adult literacy rate [2/3 weight] School enrolment [primary, secondary and tertiary gross enrolment ratio] [1/3 weight]
E-Participation Index E- Information Dissemination Availability of public information (e.g. list of elected officials, government structure, policies and programmes, points of contact, budget, laws and regulations) E-Consultation Availability of communication tools with constituents E-Decision-Making willingness to take e-inputs of citizens into the decisionmaking process
E-gov Dev. Index/Participation: Top 10 Development Index S Korea 0.8785 USA 0.8510 Canada 0.8448 UK 0.8147 Netherlands 0.8097 Norway 0.8020 Denmark 0.7872 Australia 0.7863 Spain 0.7516 France 0.7510 Participation Index S Korea 1.0000 Australia 0.9143 Spain 0.8286 New Zealand 0.7714 UK Japan 0.7571 United States Canada 0.7286 Estonia 0.6857 Singapore
E-Gov development
E-participation
Regional e-gov development
Transaction stage
E-government outreach
World ICT use
Singapore Source: http://www.adb.org/Documents/Events/2006/E-Government-Trade-Facilitation-Forum/Singapore-E-Govmt-Experience-ENG.pdf
Singapore Infocomm Development Authority: http://www.ida.gov.sg/home/index.aspx
South Korea Until 1970s: Rise of electronics industry 1980s: Rise of IT industry 1990s: Growth of IT industry 2000s: Global IT leadership
South Korea: Govt led IT [IT 839] WiBro: Wireless Broadband DMB: Digital Multimedia Broadcasting BcN: Broadband Convergence Network
Songdo: ubiquitous city Intl. business district Slated for 2014 Developer: Gale International 65,000 residents; 300,000 workers IT Video networking Energy management software tools Meld city-wide municipal systems, such as education, health care, transportation and hospitality into a common network
World Tech cities Songdo, South Korea Bangalore, India Dublin, Ireland Taipei, Taiwan Singapore Stockholm, Sweden Tokyo, Japan Hong Kong, China
ICT4D Mobile banking: Grameen bank, Bangladesh BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8194241.stm World Bank: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SKhCYoF0Lg Grameen bank, Bangladesh