1. The World of E-government
PAD 6710: Lecture 2
The World of E-government

2. Perspectives Prospects IT is making the world a borderless place
Cities are more significant than nations
IT increases efficiency
IT increases transparency
Flat world

3. 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

4. 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]

5. 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

6. 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

7. E-Gov development

8. E-participation

9. Regional e-gov development

10. Transaction stage

11. E-government outreach

12. World ICT use

13. Singapore
Source:

14. Singapore
Infocomm Development Authority:

15. South Korea Until 1970s: Rise of electronics industry
1980s: Rise of IT industry
1990s: Growth of IT industry
2000s: Global IT leadership

16. South Korea: Govt led IT [IT 839]
WiBro: Wireless Broadband
DMB: Digital Multimedia Broadcasting
BcN: Broadband Convergence Network

17. 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

18. World Tech cities Songdo, South Korea Bangalore, India Dublin, Ireland
Taipei, Taiwan
Singapore
Stockholm, Sweden
Tokyo, Japan
Hong Kong, China

19. ICT4D Mobile banking: Grameen bank, Bangladesh
BBC:
World Bank:
Grameen bank, Bangladesh