E-governance in Developing Nations

by Amrita Mukherjee, Santap Sanhari Mishra

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Government is a machinery or institutional arrangement for exercising the sovereign power, while governance is the process as well as the result of taking authoritative decisions for the benefit of society. If the governance does not bring maximum benefits for maximum number of people, it results into mal-governance. In a welfare state, the aim is to be good governance; a number of ways are there to achieve that. E-governance is the most suitable one, which can bring a paradigm change in the face of governance. E-governance is the deployment of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the delivery of public services. In this competitive economy, e-governance is ubiquitous. But in terms of success of e-governance projects, developed nations are far ahead of developing nations, resulting in a digital divide. Developing nations have failed to exploit the full benefits of ICT. A plethora of causes are responsible for this, like, lack of proper technology, poor funding facility, lack of political commitment etc. This book is an attempt to illustrate such issues, by taking the experiences from some developing countries around the world.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Amrita Mukherjee

Amrita Mukherjee holds an M.Sc degree in economics from Calcutta University and an M Phil degree in economics from Jadavpur University. Currently, she is working as a Senior Research Associate at Icfai Business School Research Centre, Kolkata. Prior to joining Icfai, she worked as a visiting faculty in various colleges and taught economics.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Santap Sanhari Mishra

Santap Sanhari Mishra holds an M.A. and an M.Phil in Public Administration from Utkal University. He also holds an M.A. in History from the same university. He is currently working as a Faculty Associate at Icfai Business School Research Centre, Kolkata. Prior to joining Icfai, he worked for Utkal University for four years as a visiting faculty in P.G Department of Public Administration and as an Academic Counselor for Public Administration at University's DDCE.