The impact of Indian e-government initiatives: Issues of poverty and vulnerability reduction

Regional Development Dialogue

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 88-100

  De, Rahul ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE   (India)

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Indexed keywords

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; STATE ROLE; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS; VULNERABILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34748853194     PISSN: 02506505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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1. We use the phrase e-government system with a broad definition: e-government systems are ICT-based systems that are used to deliver governance services. This definition includes within its ambit a whole host of systems that provide government services, where the systems are maintained either by the government or by other agencies.
2. Rahul De', "E-Government Systems in Developing Countries: Stakeholders and Conflict" in M. A. Wimmer et al., eds., Proceedings of Electronic Government, 4th International Conference, Copenhagen, Aug 2005 (LNCS 3591) (Springer-Verlag, 2005), pp. 26-37.
3. See Naveen Prakash, "Evaluating the Impacts of the Gyandoot Project," Regional Development Dialogue 23 (Autumn 2002):44-59.
4. Rahul De', "Evaluation of e-Government Systems: Project Assessment vs Development Assessment" in M. A. Wimmer et al., eds., Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Electronic Government EGOV, Krakow, September 2006 (volume 4084/2006 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science) (Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, 2006), p. 317-28.
5. A. Lobo and Balakrishnan, "Report Card on Service of Bhoomi Kiosks: An Assessment of Benefits by Users of the Computerized Land Records System in Karnataka" (Technical report) (Bangalore: Public Affairs Centre, 2002).
6. Rahul De', "Two Readings of a Land Records Management e-Government System: A Case Study in India" (Working Paper 235) (Bangalore: Indian Institute of Management, 2005).
7. S. Krishna and G. Walsham, "Implementing Public Information Systems in Developing Countries: Learning Rom a Success Story," Information Technology for Development 11(2:2005):1-18.
8. J. Caseley, "Public Sector Reform and Corruption: CARD Facade in Andhra Pradesh," Economic and Political Weekly (March 2004):1151-6;
9. and P. Malhotra, "From Hyderabad to "Cyberabad": Technological Visions and the Everyday Bureaucracy" (B.A. thesis, Harvard College, March 2002).
10. B. Kothari, "Comment on Gyandoot: When you Look Closer, the Moon has Craters," Regional Development Dialogue 23 (Autumn 2002):60-4.
11. Ibid.
12. Balaji Parthasarathy, "Information and Communication Technologies for Development: A Comparative Analysis of Impacts and Costs from India" (Technical report) (Bangalore, International Institute of Information Technology, 2005).
13. Ibid.
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18. K. Keniston, "Introduction: The Four Digital Divides," in K. Keniston and D. Kumar, eds., IT Experience in India: Bridging the Digital Divide (New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2004).
19. Sen, Development as Freedom.