E Governance In Africa From Theory To Action

Author : Gianluca Misuraca
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781552503690

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E-Governance in Africa, from Theory to Action by Gianluca Misuraca Pdf

Integrating information and communication technologies (ICTs) into governance processes can greatly enhance the delivery of public services to all citizens. ICT integration will not only improve the performance of governance systems, it will also transform relationships amongst stakeholders, thereby influencing policymaking processes and regulatory frameworks. In the developing world, however, the potential of ICTs for effective governance remains largely unexplored and unexploited. This book presents the context, theory, and current thinking on the interaction between ICTs and local governance, particularly in Africa. It discusses the shift from OC governmentOCO to OC e-governance, OCO describes the role of local-level authorities, and presents the benefits and limitations of introducing ICTs in government operations. Case studies from Ghana, Senegal, South Africa, and Uganda describe local governance/ICTs projects executed by civil society organizations, academic institutions, and government authorities. Drawing from the findings in these case studies and from the introductory research and original conceptual framework, the book presents a series of conclusions and recommendation on the future of effective ICTs use for better governance and improved economic development at the local level. This book will be of interest to professionals, practitioners, and policy advisors at local and national government levels in developing countries (particularly in Africa); international organizations staff, bilateral aid agencies, international financial institutions, civil society organizations, and private sector; researchers, academics, students, and professors of public administration and governance in Africa and throughout the world."

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:642480850

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E-Governance in Africa: From Theory to Action by Anonim Pdf

Author : Bwalya, Kelvin Joseph
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 890 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781466603257

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Handbook of Research on E-Government in Emerging Economies: Adoption, E-Participation, and Legal Frameworks by Bwalya, Kelvin Joseph Pdf

"This book is a collection of knowledge on contemporary experiences on technological, societal and legal setups of e-Government implementation in emerging economies"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Sodhi, Inderjeet Singh
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781466662971

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Emerging Issues and Prospects in African E-Government by Sodhi, Inderjeet Singh Pdf

Efforts have been made toward the application of electronic government in the developing world, yet questions of how to best implement governance systems and address concerns from officials and citizens alike remain to be answered. Emerging Issues and Prospects in African E-Government explores relevant practices, trends, and potential challenges facing fledgling governments in the digital era. This book focuses on the establishment and maintenance of e-government in various African countries, providing critical insights for government bodies, policymakers, administrators, and public sector researchers working in local, state, and national governments around the world.

Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 1959 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781466617414

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Digital Democracy: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications by Management Association, Information Resources Pdf

"This book presents a vital compendium of research detailing the latest case studies, architectures, frameworks, methodologies, and research on Digital Democracy"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Yannis Charalabidis,Leif Skiftenes Flak,Gabriela Viale Pereira
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783030929459

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Scientific Foundations of Digital Governance and Transformation by Yannis Charalabidis,Leif Skiftenes Flak,Gabriela Viale Pereira Pdf

This book provides the latest research advancements and findings for the scientific systematization of knowledge regarding digital governance and transformation, such as core concepts, foundational principles, theories, methodologies, architectures, assessment frameworks and future directions. It brings forward the ingredients of this new domain, proposing its needed formal and systematic tools, exploring its relation with neighbouring scientific domains and finally prescribing the next steps for laying the foundations of a new science. The book is structured into three main areas. The first section focuses on contributions towards the purpose, ingredients and structure of the scientific foundations of digital transformation in the public sector. The second looks at the identification and description of domain's scientific problems with a view to stabilizing research products, assessment methods and tools in a reusable, extendable and sustainable manner. The third envisions a pathway for future research to tackle broader governance problems via the applications of information and communication technologies in combination with innovative approaches from neighbouring scientific domains. Contributing to the analysis of the scientific perspectives of digital governance and digital transformation, this book will be an indispensable tool for students, researchers and practitioners interested in digital governance, digital transformation, information systems, as well as ICT industry experts and policymakers charged with the design, deployment and implementation of public sector information systems.

Author : Mahmood, Zaigham
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781466642461

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Developing E-Government Projects: Frameworks and Methodologies by Mahmood, Zaigham Pdf

The emergence of e-government allows for effective governance, increased transparency, better management, and efficient services through the use of the internet and information and communication technologies. Therefore, world governments are mobilizing large amounts of resources in order to implement and promote the use of e-government. Developing E-Government Projects: Frameworks and Methodologies presents frameworks and methodologies for strategies towards the design, implementation, and adoption of e-government projects. By providing best practices in the successful adoption of e-government, this book is essential for policy makers, practitioners, researchers, and students interested in the approaches utilized for the successful implementation of e-government projects.

Author : Sam Goundar
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781789855081

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e-Services by Sam Goundar Pdf

The turn of the new millennium has brought with it an explosion of activity around electronic services (e-services) in the form of e-commerce, e-business, e-government, e-learning, and so on. The provision of all possible goods and services electronically via the Internet with the use of semantic web technologies has seen a paradigm shift from the traditional brick-and-mortar location-based services to the ubiquitous provision of goods and services online. An understanding of this paradigm shift and the fundamental properties of e-service composition is required in order to take full advantage of the paradigm. As such, this book provides comprehensive coverage and understanding of the use of e-services within the technological, business, management, and organizational domains. Chapters cover such topics as digitized learning, information and communication technology in sports, cloud computing for universities, and more. This book is a reference book for scholars, researchers, and practitioners looking to update their knowledge on methodologies, theoretical analyses, modeling, simulation, and empirical studies on e-services.

Author : Weerakkody, Vishanth
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781466617773

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Technology Enabled Transformation of the Public Sector: Advances in E-Government by Weerakkody, Vishanth Pdf

Electronic Government is continually advancing in topics such as hardware and software technology, e-government adoption and diffusion, e-government policy, e-government planning, management, e-government applications, and e-government impacts. Technology Enabled Transformation of the Public Sector: Advances in E-Government is filled with original research about electronic government and supplies academicians, practitioners, and professionals with quality applied research results in the field of electronic/digital government, its applications, and impacts on governmental organizations around the world. This title effectively and positively provides organizational and managerial directions with greater use and management of electronic/digital government technologies in organizations. It also epitomizes the research available within e-government while exponentially emphasizing the expansiveness of this field.

Author : Piaggesi, Danilo,Sund, Kristian,Castelnovo, Walter
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781609604905

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Global Strategy and Practice of E-Governance: Examples from Around the World by Piaggesi, Danilo,Sund, Kristian,Castelnovo, Walter Pdf

Over the past decade, there has been continual development and renewal of strategies and practices surrounding e-governance. Governments around the world have embraced new information and communication technologies to increase the efficiency of internal processes, deliver better and more integrated services to citizens and businesses, invite citizen and stakeholder participation in planning decisions, improve communication, and sometimes even enhance democratic processes. Global Strategy and Practice of E-Governance: Examples from Around the World provides readers with an overview of relevant strategy and policy-level theoretical frameworks and examples, as well as up-to-date implementations from around the world. This book offers valuable insights into best practices, as well as some of the issues and challenges surrounding the governance of and with information and communication technologies in a globalized, knowledge-based world.

Author : Kelvin J. Bwalya
Publisher : AOSIS
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781928396574

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The e-Government Development Discourse by Kelvin J. Bwalya Pdf

This book brings out current research and practice concepts, articulating the research agenda for e-Government. When e-Government was first conceived, it was designed upon basic technologies where the emphasis was only on the simple display of government information for citizens to read. Nowadays, e-Government design comprises many complicated modules such as upload and download consoles, two-way interaction consoles between citizens and government agents, integrated government business processes presenting the whole of government, and it does not depend solely on technology. The complexity of e-Government has now evolved to include political, cultural, economic, social and technical dimensions. Bringing all these difficult aspects together is so complicated that it needs carefully planned strategies informed by local contextual characteristics. Rather than giving formulaic definitions and conceptual standpoints on many aspects of e-Government, as is the case in many e-Government publications, this book will explore the frontiers of global knowledge value chains by discussing current and future dimensions of e-Government. For example, the book discusses the concept of data governance by exploring how actual opening up of government data can be achieved, especially in a developing world context. Further, the book posits that opening government data should be followed by the opening up of government business processes in order to peddle the concept of accountability and responsiveness. Much text on data governance has concentrated on articulating the basic definitions surrounding this concept. Another very important topic explored in this book is regarding how the concept of decolonisation can be extended to e-Government by providing practical examples as to how researchers in the developing world can contribute to the advancement of e-Government as a scientific field of enquiry and guide its implementation, thereof. Decolonisation is advocated for in e-Government research so that there is a balance in the inclusion of the Afrocentric knowledge into e-Government advancement other than over-reliance on the Euro-, Asia- and America-centric knowledge value chains (Mbembe 2015). As e-Government is a very expensive undertaking, the issue of funding has excluded African countries and a majority of the developing world from implementing e-Government. Despite funding being a critical cornerstone of e-Government development, there is a dearth of information on this topic. Therefore, this book provides a chapter which discusses traditional and innovative ways of funding e-Government design and implementation which can go a long way in improving e-Government penetration into the developing world. Further, the book explores how intelligent e-Government applications can be designed, especially in resource-constrained countries. A couple of emerging technology innovations such as fog computing and intelligent information technology are explored within the realm of e-Government design.

Author : Zaigham Mahmood
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781466640917

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E-Government Implementation and Practice in Developing Countries by Zaigham Mahmood Pdf

"This book provides research on the current actions being taken by developing countries toward the design, development, and implementation of e-government policies"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Paul G. Nixon,Vassiliki N. Koutrakou,Rajash Rawal
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135245719

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Understanding E-Government in Europe by Paul G. Nixon,Vassiliki N. Koutrakou,Rajash Rawal Pdf

This volume critically explores the contentions in the emerging debate surrounding new media technologies and the extent to which they are challenging traditional political and government models. Examining a range of citizen/government interactions which together form e-government in different contexts, this book assesses the potential of new media technologies to facilitate new institutional patterns for governance and participation, as experienced primarily, but not only, across Europe. Analysing a range of challenges spanning from those of a technological and conceptual nature to those of a more political and legal nature, the authors scrutinise the central policies at governmental and organisational levels and consider the following questions: Is society driving or responding to e-government and is it ready to cope with it? What implications does e-government have for the power/democracy relationship? Is the technology right for e-government? What is needed to ensure government services are delivered optimally? How is e-government perceived and is it trusted? How are the sensitive issues of identity, privacy and social inclusion dealt with? How are management and safety dealt with when one considers issues such as activism, cyberterrorism, biometrics, and new implications for international relations? This comprehensive text will be of interest to students and scholars of public policy, politics, media and communication studies, sociology, law and European studies. It will also offer insights of relevance to practitioners and policy-makers in regional, national, and transnational governance, reform and innovation.

Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 2307 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781466683594

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Public Affairs and Administration: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications by Management Association, Information Resources Pdf

Effective administration of government and governmental organizations is a crucial part of achieving success in those organizations. To develop and implement best practices, policymakers and leaders must first understand the fundamental tenants and recent advances in public administration. Public Affairs and Administration: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications explores the concept of governmental management, public policy, and politics at all levels of organizational governance. With chapters on topics ranging from privacy and surveillance to the impact of new media on political participation, this multi-volume reference work is an important resource for policymakers, government officials, and academicians and students of political science.

Author : Rahman, Hakikur
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781605666723

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Handbook of Research on E-Government Readiness for Information and Service Exchange: Utilizing Progressive Information Communication Technologies by Rahman, Hakikur Pdf

"This book assists its readers in formulation of ICT strategies for developing efficient and effective government systems and at the same time, acknowledge the importance of e-governance for building institutions to achieve transparency and accountability, and eventually democratic governance"--Provided by publisher.