Paper Info
Title
The United Nations e-Government Readiness Index: a work in progress
Abstract
The e-Government Index (2001) and the e-Government Readiness Index (eGRI) devised in 2003 by the United Nations (UN) brought standardization to efforts to rank countries according to their e-government efforts. Rankings was designed to portray emerging patterns of country performance around the world and envisioned as a resource "to shape further consolidation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) programs which contribute to a more participatory public policy model of development for all." The digital government research community, Countries, and other interested parties are looking to the resulting rankings as a relative indicator or e-Government implementation. The Index has been the most useful in understanding the process of creating 'socio-economic opportunities' for all with access, information, and knowledge as preliminary stages. Given the potential impact of these rankings on investment and development decision making both within the home country and in other organizations, as well as a reference point for research, it is critical to understand the indicator system itself. This poster contributes to understanding of the issues by providing an overview of the evolution of the Index as well as a summary of the concerns about the index.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2008
DG.O
home country,e-government readiness index,digital government research community,e-government index,development decision,e-government implementation,communication technologies,relative indicator,indicator system,country performance,united nations e-government readiness,benchmarking,work in progress,indexation
Field
DocType
Citations 
E-Government,Public relations,Computer science,Work in process,Digital government,Public policy,Information and Communications Technology,Citizen journalism,Standardization,Benchmarking
Conference
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.39
1
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Devendra Potnis176.49
Theresa Pardo27210.53