Assessment of E-Government Projects

View Sample PDF

Author(s): Rahul De (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India)
Copyright: 2005
Pages: 5
Source title: Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Stewart Marshall (The University of the West Indies, Barbados), Wal Taylor (Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa)and Xinghuo Yu (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-575-7.ch007

Keywords: Global Information Technology / Government & Law / Information Science Reference / Urban & Regional Development

Purchase

View Assessment of E-Government Projects on the publisher's website for pricing and purchasing information.

Abstract

This article considers the issues relevant to assessing the success or failure of large-scale e-government projects in India. Prior research has highlighted a number of possible reasons why e-government systems in Less Developed Countries (LDCs) fail, underscoring, principally, the issue of the design-reality gap or design-actuality gap. We find that this analysis, though useful, is inadequate to capture the immense complexity of e-government systems design and implementation. This article proposes and elaborates on three issues that must be examined in the context of any e-government system in an LDC to assess its success or failure, in addition to other analyses. These issues are: demand- and supply-side stakeholder analysis, second order effects, and analysis of incentives for governance efficiency. We use the Bhoomi e-government system implemented in the state of Karnataka, India, as an exemplary system to elaborate on these issues and also to discuss concrete the theoretical aspects.

The IRMA Community

Research IRM

Assessment of E-Government Projects

Purchase

Abstract

Related Content

IRMA Sponsors