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The impact of adopting e-government as a mechanism to enhance accountability as well as transparent conduct within public institutions

Scholedge International Journal of Business Policy & Governance

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Title The impact of adopting e-government as a mechanism to enhance accountability as well as transparent conduct within public institutions
 
Creator Manenji, Tawanda; Midlands State University Gweru
Marufu, Barbra; Department Retail and Logistics Management, Midlands State University Gweru
 
Subject Governance
e governance, Zimbabwe e-government
 
Description This study examines the impact of adopting e-government as a mechanism to enhance accountability as well as transparent conduct within public institutions in Zimbabwe. There is a belief that e-government brings about better change in governance issues through active disclosure of governance information. The research found out that e-government in Zimbabwe though still being nurtured, has better prospects and there is great need for clearly setting and meeting a conducive environment for it to flourish. That is a set of pre-requirements need to be assessed before trying to implement e-government into full swing. Zimbabwe lacks an unanimous e-government strategy across its ministries hence the existence of disparities in e-government adoption within the country – some ministries are more advanced while others only exhibit the first initial stages of e-government. However, the adoption of e-government in Zimbabwe has been hampered by a plethora of challenges ranging from politics, economics, social and technological. Among them include inadequate or weak legislative frameworks guiding and directing e-government implementation, budget constraints, digital divide as well as technological incompetence. The study also makes some recommendations as to how e-government prospects can be fully attained and such remedies among others include the passing of a comprehensive IT policy which cut across all government ministries, embracing Public Private Partnerships in building IT infrastructure, and redefining government’s top priorities and focus much on e-government investment. The paper also notes the effects of poor governance to a country. Zimbabwe’s e-government strategy if managed properly, would also reduce government external debt, improve service delivery, promote economic development, and increase public accountability and transparency within the public sector.
 
Publisher Scholedge R&D Center
 
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Date 2016-08-15
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://thescholedge.org/index.php/sijbpg/article/view/318
10.19085/journal.sijbpg030701
 
Source Scholedge International Journal of Business Policy & Governance ISSN 2394-3351; Vol 3, No 7 (2016); 84-101
2394-3351
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://thescholedge.org/index.php/sijbpg/article/view/318/407
 
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