The emergence of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has provided means for faster and better communication, retrieval of data and utilization of information to its users. e-Governance is basically the application of ICT to provide government services to the citizens through internet. In developing countries like India, where literacy level is very low and even most of the people are...

Amongst the emerging Asian Economies, India is a nation with 70 % of population living in rural areas which casts pressure on Government to focus more on development of Rural India. ICT acts as a provider of major opportunities to rural livelihoods and contributes towards poverty reduction. Productivity of rural areas can be enhanced by usage of ICT. Through various E-Governance initiatives lik...

— This paper examines how, in their attempts to liberalize and modernize their operations, Indian states are using ICTD e-governance services to represent themselves in a new way to their citizens. It reveals how states come to be seen by the citizens through their everyday interactions at ICTD telecenters. The research finds that with e-governance services, the state is trying to recast its im...

Governments all over the world, Nigeria inclusive desire ways to provide welfare services to citizens with fewer resources, enhance transparency and accountability of public servants. As a result, the goals of the public service in terms of enhanced service delivery come to mind. This is because it serves as the major machinery through which governmental policies are implemented. However, the p...

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) offer a promising technology for citizens with disabilities to participate in local e-governance planning and implementation, provided that underlying issues of social exclusion and technology accessibility are properly addressed. Existing research suggests that for citizens with disabilities gateway issues such as technology access, usability, c...

A research paper presents that the overall goal in public sector is better governance. The answer lies with recognition of all factors: social, economic, technology. The creation of an accurate system for measuring intangible constituents is a challenging task that cannot be entirely done by direct means. Through the course of research a multidimensional method was introduced. Peoples dimension...

Cyber-optimists are hopeful that the development of interactive services, new channels of communication, and efficiency gains from digital technologies will contribute towards revitalizing the role of government executives in representative democracies, facilitating communications between citizen and the state. In contrast cyber-pessimists express doubts about the capacity of governments to ada...