Tackling the ICT Infrastructure Gap for the Successful Implementation of E-Government Projects

2020 ◽  
pp. 892-910
Author(s):  
Isaac Kofi Mensah
Keyword(s):  
Infrastructure Investment ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Investment Fund ◽  
Government Programs ◽  
Reform Agenda ◽  
One Belt One Road ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Ict Infrastructure ◽  
The One ◽  
The Belt And Road

This article describes how the promised transformative reform agenda of e-government is challenged particularly due to the lack or non-availability of adequate ICT infrastructure and finances to successfully develop and implement e-government projects around the world. The One Belt One Road (B&R) strategy spearheaded by the Chinese Government has been identified as a potential funding source for e-government projects through ICT infrastructure investment. Adequate ICT infrastructure investment in member countries under the Belt and Road initiatives could reduce the huge ICT infrastructure gap hampering the execution of e-government programs. This article, therefore, recommends the formation of the Belt and Road ICT Infrastructure Investment Fund (B&R ICT Infrastructure Fund) under the OBOR strategy to allow member countries to source funds for the execution of e-government projects. This will not only drastically increase the completion/success rate of e-government projects but also translate into improved public service delivery and enhanced government interaction—engagement—with citizens and businesses.

Tackling the ICT Infrastructure Gap for the Successful Implementation of E-Government Projects

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 40-56
Author(s):  
Isaac Kofi Mensah
Keyword(s):  
Infrastructure Investment ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Investment Fund ◽  
Government Programs ◽  
Reform Agenda ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Ict Infrastructure ◽  
The One ◽  
The Belt And Road

This article describes how the promised transformative reform agenda of e-government is challenged particularly due to the lack or non-availability of adequate ICT infrastructure and finances to successfully develop and implement e-government projects around the world. The One Belt One Road (B&R) strategy spearheaded by the Chinese Government has been identified as a potential funding source for e-government projects through ICT infrastructure investment. Adequate ICT infrastructure investment in member countries under the Belt and Road initiatives could reduce the huge ICT infrastructure gap hampering the execution of e-government programs. This article, therefore, recommends the formation of the Belt and Road ICT Infrastructure Investment Fund (B&R ICT Infrastructure Fund) under the OBOR strategy to allow member countries to source funds for the execution of e-government projects. This will not only drastically increase the completion/success rate of e-government projects but also translate into improved public service delivery and enhanced government interaction—engagement—with citizens and businesses.

Summit moves China's OBOR towards internationalisation

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Infrastructure Investment ◽  
Xi Jinping ◽  
Investment Bank ◽  
Multilateral Development Banks ◽  
Content Type ◽  
One Belt One Road ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Regional Organisations ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Belt And Road

Subject The future of China's One Belt One Road initiative. Significance China convened the first summit of the Belt and Road Initiative (previously known as 'One Belt One Road', OBOR) on May 14-15. With this major diplomatic event, President Xi Jinping aimed to showcase and buttress international support for his central foreign policy initiative, the success of which will hinge on the participation of other countries, regional organisations and international financial institutions. Their contribution, or lack thereof, will affect the nature of OBOR and determine the impact of the Chinese initiative on Asia’s infrastructure connectivity and economic system, as well as on the international order. Impacts Cooperation between China and multilateral development banks may increase the number of OBOR projects with competitive procurement. Plans for OBOR’s corridors may be altered to accommodate competing visions for Asia’s connectivity, such as Russia’s. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank may more formally align its mandate with OBOR’s.

scholarly journals Moving Along the Belt and Road: Implications of China’s “One Belt, One Road” Strategies on Chinese Migration (沿“一帶一路”的移動：“一帶一路”戰略對中國人口遷移影響)

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 312-332
Author(s):  
Raya Muttarak (Raya Muttarak)
Keyword(s):  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
The Public ◽  
One Belt One Road ◽  
Chinese Overseas ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Chinese Migration ◽  
The One ◽  
State Employees ◽  
The Belt And Road

Along with the flows of China’s foreign direct investment following the newly implemented “One Belt, One Road” strategy by the Chinese government comes movement of state employees, entrepreneurs, workers and accompanying family members to respective countries along the Belt and Road. It is not clear how large the Chinese migration flows into these countries will be, who they will be comprised of, how the public reception of the host society will be and how well the migrants will be integrated in the destination country. Based on extant data and literature on current Chinese migration, this paper describes trends and patterns of recent Chinese migration in Africa and Asia, analyzes host country public perceptions on China, and investigates integration patterns of Chinese migrants. Given that the “One Belt, One Road” strategy was officially endorsed in 2015, it is still early to analyze its impacts on Chinese migration in the respective countries. Considering earlier Chinese overseas migration of the past decades, this paper presents potential migration and integration patterns one may expect following the Belt and Road initiative.中國政府提出的「一帶一路」戰略帶來大量的對外直接投資，隨之形成了沿「一帶一路」的人口遷移流，這些遷移人口包括雇員、企業家、勞動力及其家庭成員等。來自中國的大量遷移人口將在沿「一帶一路」國家形成怎樣的遷移格局？誰會成為這些遷移者？沿「一帶一路」國家的主流社會對這些遷移者的剬眾反應會是怎樣？遷移者怎樣才能很好地融入遷入地國家？這些問題都有待回答。根據中國當前人口遷移的相關數據和文獻，本研究分析了中國在亞洲、非洲的人口遷移趨勢和格局，以及沿“一帶一路”國家對中國的剬眾感知和中國遷移者的融入情況。由於中國官方自2015年才正式推動“一帶一路”戰略，因此這方面的研究也才剛起步。但是過去關於海外華人的研究，為未來的發展提供了可能的參考模式。 (This article is in English).

scholarly journals How Do Cultural and Institutional Distance Affect China’s OFDI towards the OBOR Countries?

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Zhang ◽  
Zheqian Xu
Keyword(s):  
Direct Investment ◽  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
Cultural Distance ◽  
Institutional Distance ◽  
Outward Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
One Belt One Road ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Belt And Road

Abstract In order to examine the impact of cultural and institutional distance on China’s OFDI towards the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) area, the paper selects 28 countries along The Belt and Road. The empirical results using panel data from 2006-2014 indicate that institutional distance is negatively correlated with China’s outward foreign direct investment (OFDI). At the same time, cultural distance interacts with bilateral trade, resulting in a “benefit of foreignness” effect.

One Belt One Road

2019 ◽  
pp. 28-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Boamah ◽  
Michael Appiah-Kubi
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Infrastructure Investment ◽  
Business Partners ◽  
Current State ◽  
One Belt One Road ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Quality Infrastructure ◽  
The Belt And Road

This chapter starts with the need for infrastructure investment in One Belt One Road (OBOR) countries. By employing a simple linear regression analysis, it is evident that massive infrastructure could lead to an improved wellbeing of member countries. The chapter also highlights the current state of infrastructure investment levels of participating countries. The evidence shows that most member countries lack quality infrastructure levels. The concluding part of the chapter explores economic integration among member countries. Through network analysis, it is evident that though member countries are gradually being integrated, such integration is at a slower rate than expected. Massive investment in infrastructure in China and by extension the countries along the Belt and Road would not only provide financial gains to business partners but would as well lead to an improved wellbeing of countries in the initiative. This provides an opportunity for both domestic and foreign businesses to consider massive investment in infrastructure in China, which is at the center of the initiative.

The One Belt One Road Initiative: An Enabler of Entrepreneurship or Big Business in Developing Countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sivakumar Velayutham
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Small Group ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Economic Structure ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
Economic Prosperity ◽  
One Belt One Road ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
The One ◽  
The Belt And Road

In March 2015, China proposed the Belt and Road Initiative (OBOR) as its signature initiative to advance economic prosperity of the countries along the Belt and Road. The initiative promises economic development including entrepreneurial development and prosperity to mainly developing countries in Asia, Central Europe, and Africa. Entrepreneurship drives economic change and innovation while at the same time expanding opportunity and unleashing the initiative of people. Entrepreneurs are crucial to building prosperous societies that deliver opportunity to all. Recent evidence however suggests that the entrepreneurial economy is faltering and a small group of giant companies dominate the global economy. This paper seeks to critically appraise the possible effects of OBOR on entrepreneurship in developing countries along its route. Will OBOR revitalise entrepreneurship in developing countries or further intensify the dominance of the economy by a small group of giant companies. Empirical study indicates a high emphasis on large firms in the economic structure of OBOR countries (Novosak and Jurčík, 2018). This paper seeks to illustrate why OBOR is proving to be more of a Bane rather than a Boon to entrepreneurship in developing countries further promoting the dominance of the economy by big corporations.

scholarly journals Chinese Strategy Towards Europe: The Belt and Road Initiative and 17 + 1 Strategy – What Does It Mean for the EU and Central and Eastern Europe?

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-145
Author(s):  
Erhan Akdemir
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Area ◽  
Political Trust ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
Cultural Contact ◽  
Global Impact ◽  
One Belt One Road ◽  
Large Geographical Area ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
The One ◽  
The Belt And Road

Several projects like the Silk Road have been developed by different countries in the post-1991 period, but there is only one that had a tremendous global impact: the “One Belt One Road” (Belt and Road) Initiative developed by China. This project was fi rst announced by the Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to Central Asia in 2013, and has subsequently had a tremendous global, regional and national effect. The Belt and Road Initiative not only covers almost the entire Asian continent, but also a large geographical area that extends from East Africa to Europe. Through this project China aims to promote common development and welfare sharing among all countries along the Belt and Road routes, to establish mutual political trust between China and these countries, to more effectively connect transportation networks among regions and cities along the routes, and to establish cultural contact between societies. Accordingly, China wants to put its development process on a planned and solid basis by increasing its global impact in the economic, political, and cultural fields.

scholarly journals RUSSIA'S PARTICIPATION IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHINESE “ONE BELT, ONE ROAD” PROJECT: OPPORTUNITIES AND RISKS

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-210
Author(s):  
V.R. Zolotykh ◽  
D.I. Akhmetzyanova
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
The European Union ◽  
One Belt One Road ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
Road Project ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
The One ◽  
Policy Problems ◽  
The Belt And Road

The "One Belt, One Road" project is beneficial to the Chinese side and will be implemented regardless of the opinion and position of Russia. Within the framework of the initiative, the economic and political interests of the two countries intersect. The article analyzes the ratio of risks and opportunities for Russia's participation in the “Belt and Road”. The characteristics of the project itself and the principles on which it will be built are given. Participation in the project promises economic benefits for Russia, and can also become an opportunity to solve long-standing foreign policy problems. At the same time, the Chinese initiative may become a threat to the advancement of Russia's interests in Central Asia and create competition with China for sales markets in Eastern Europe. China, as the creator of the initiative, is the leader of a project involving more than 150 countries and international organizations. This, in turn, contains the danger of Chinese expansion on the continent. The geopolitical aspect will also become a risk. Russia could find itself caught in a triangle between China, the European Union and the United States, with no room for maneuver.

The Belt and Road Initiative and Sino-Russian economic cooperation: Is there one more chance for us?

2019 ◽  
pp. 47-71
Author(s):  
Petr M. Mozias
Keyword(s):  
Regional Integration ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Flexible Framework ◽  
The One ◽  
International Transactions ◽  
The Belt And Road ◽  
Current Stage

China’s Belt and Road Initiative could be treated ambiguously. On the one hand, it is intended to transform the newly acquired economic potential of that country into its higher status in the world. China invites a lot of nations to build up gigantic transit corridors by joint efforts, and doing so it applies productively its capital and technologies. International transactions in RMB are also being expanded. But, on the other hand, the Belt and Road Initiative is also a necessity for China to cope with some evident problems of its current stage of development, such as industrial overcapacity, overdependence on imports of raw materials from a narrow circle of countries, and a subordinate status in global value chains. For Russia participation in the Belt and Road Initiative may be fruitful, since the very character of that project provides us with a space to manoeuvre. By now, Russian exports to China consist primarily of fuels and other commodities. More active industrial policy is needed to correct this situation . A flexible framework of the Belt and Road Initiative is more suitable for this objective to be achieved, rather than traditional forms of regional integration, such as a free trade zone.

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