Wired For Change? Exploring Nascent Egovernment Initiatives in Karnataka, India
Wired For Change? Exploring Nascent Egovernment Initiatives in Karnataka, India
Wired For Change? Exploring Nascent Egovernment Initiatives in Karnataka, India
Exploring
Nascent E-Government in
Karnataka, India
Shefali Virkar
Department of Politics/
Oxford Internet Institute
University of Oxford
[email protected]
E-Government in India
Late
Early
Bureaucrats
and politicians
with
computer
vision
Growth of
the Indian IT
industry
Political Leadership
Clear leadership with a project champion
Ability of key political and bureaucratic
players to ensure stakeholder
participation, create involvement and
minimize resistance.
Political Strategy
Degree to which a long-term plan for good
governance and e-government has been
developed
Efforts made towards integrating IT with
broader reform objectives
Workplace Culture/Organisational
Set-up
Technology
Financial Inhibitors
Lack of Trust
Issues relating to online privacy and
security, particularly with reference to the
electronic handling of sensitive information
Not really an issue in nascent developing
world projects
Participation