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Perspectives Prospects
IT is making the world a borderless place Cities are more significant than nations IT increases efficiency IT increases transparency Flat world
E-government development index Composite of:
Web Measure Index Telecommunication Infrastructure Index Human Capital Index
Web Measure Index Based on stages of e-government
evolution: Emerging; Enhanced; Interactive;
Transactional; Connected
E-government development index Telecommunication Infrastructure
Index: Equal weights of Internet Users /100 persons PCs /100 persons Main Telephones Lines /100 persons Cellular telephones /100 persons Broad banding /100 persons
Human Capital Index Adult literacy rate [2/3 weight] School enrolment [primary, secondary and
tertiary gross enrolment ratio] [1/3 weight]
E-Participation Index E- Information Dissemination
Availability of public information (e.g. list of elected officials, government structure, policies and programmes, points of contact, budget, laws and regulations)
E-Consultation Availability of communication tools with
constituents E-Decision-Making
willingness to take e-inputs of citizens into the decisionmaking process
E-gov Dev. Index/Participation: Top 10
Development Index
S Korea 0.8785
USA 0.8510
Canada 0.8448
UK 0.8147
Netherlands 0.8097
Norway 0.8020
Denmark 0.7872
Australia 0.7863
Spain 0.7516
France 0.7510
Participation Index
S Korea 1.0000
Australia 0.9143
Spain 0.8286
New Zealand 0.7714
UK 0.7714
Japan 0.7571
United States 0.7571
Canada 0.7286
Estonia 0.6857
Singapore 0.6857
Singapore
Source: http://www.adb.org/Documents/Events/2006/E-Government-Trade-Facilitation-Forum/Singapore-E-Govmt-Experience-ENG.pdf
South Korea
Until 1970s: Rise of electronics industry
1980s: Rise of IT industry
1990s: Growth of IT industry
2000s: Global IT leadership
South Korea: Govt led IT [IT 839]
WiBro: Wireless Broadband
DMB: Digital Multimedia Broadcasting
BcN: Broadband Convergence Network
Songdo: ubiquitous city Intl. business district Slated for 2014 Developer: Gale
International 65,000 residents;
300,000 workers IT
Video networking Energy management
software tools Meld city-wide
municipal systems, such as education, health care, transportation and hospitality into a common network
World Tech cities Songdo, South Korea Bangalore, India Dublin, Ireland Taipei, Taiwan Singapore Stockholm, Sweden Tokyo, Japan Hong Kong, China