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Benchmarking Botswana’s e-Government Initiatives with WSIS Principles: A Review of Progress and Challenges
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Author(s): Saul F.C. Zulu (University of Botswana, Botswana), Peter M. Sebina (University of Botswana, Botswana), Balulwami Grand (University of Botswana, Botswana)and Stephen M. Mutula (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 26
Source title:
Handbook of Research on E-Government in Emerging Economies: Adoption, E-Participation, and Legal Frameworks
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Kelvin Joseph Bwalya (University of Botswana, Botswana)and Saul F.C. Zulu (University of Botswana, Botswana)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0324-0.ch012
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Abstract
The chapter assesses the state of e-Government projects to anchor Botswana’s drive towards attainment of the goals of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Data for the study was obtained through a survey research design, which employed desk research and interviews with strategic respondents in the ICT sector in Botswana. Botswana’s e-Government projects are then benchmarked against the WSIS Declaration of Principles and a Plan of Action and other international and regional strategic frameworks for ICTs. The findings reveal that while Botswana, through its various e-Government projects, has made some progress towards laying the foundation for meeting the goals of the WSIS and has reached other international milestones for ICTs, a lot remains to be done as the e-Government projects have yet to positively impact the lives of the majority of citizens. This is due to a number of factors that have to be addressed, including inadequate infrastructure, low citizen capacity in terms of skills, accessibility, and affordability of ICT systems, and absence of an enabling e-Legislative and policy framework. Among the proposed areas for future studies are measuring the levels of ICT uptake at the citizen (individual) level to determine levels of e-Participation.
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