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

Web Measure 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 0.7714

Japan 0.7571

United States 0.7571

Canada 0.7286

Estonia 0.6857

Singapore 0.6857

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:

BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8194241.stm

World Bank: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SKhCYoF0Lg

Grameen bank, Bangladesh