A Systematic Literature Review for Understanding the Antecedents of the Digital Open Government Matrix

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Abdulrahman Saqer Alenizi
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Research Gaps ◽  
Exclusion Criteria ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
The Public

Developed and developing nations are increasingly focused on implementing Digital Open Government (DOG) systems with the purpose of fostering community engagement, citizen participation, accountability, growth and development, better public services, and useful data. Both citizens and government have come to understand the value of DOG, and they are increasingly coordinating and collaborating with each other to improve the public services. The current study highlights the under-researched areas of DOG by offering legal, individual, economic, managerial, organizational, and group perspectives that could influence future DOG practices in either developed or developing countries. The study determines the inclusion and exclusion criteria as well as the quality audit processes associated with the research methods in order to enhance the quality and value of the findings. Finally, the study identifies a number of research gaps that may prove helpful for future studies.

M-Powering

2015 ◽  
pp. 97-107
Author(s):  
Benard Magara Maake ◽  
Naftal Nyarangi Oino ◽  
Fredrick Mzee Awuor
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Telecommunication Networks ◽  
Digital Government ◽  
Mobile Money ◽  
The Public ◽  
Money Transfers

A mobile government affords, for instance, a powerful and transformational capacity to extend access to existing services, to expand the delivery of new services, to increase active citizen participation in government operations, and to change the way of working within the public sector. With the advancement of wireless and mobile technology, more people have been enabled to connect to local and regional resources that might have been unreachable in the absence of these telecommunication networks. The ability to perform both private and government transactions using mobile phones has enhanced and promoted the awareness of a digital government, reducing the level of digital divide in marginalized, poor, and developing nations. M-PESA is a mobile money service in Kenya transforming the citizens' lives and the government's operations. This chapter shows how Mobile Money transfers (M-Pesa) transactions have been a driver to realize an e-Government in Kenya through the monetary controls.

Bringing value to waste in developing countries

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-11
Author(s):  
Muriel Degobert ◽  
Samantha Brangeon
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
Public Realm ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Economic Opportunities ◽  
Geographical Economic ◽  
Lost Opportunity

Purpose – This paper aims to analyse the link that exists between “waste” and “resource” in two developing nations where waste is widely available in the public realm and where economic opportunities are scarce. Over the past few decades, researchers, businesses and policymakers have become increasingly interested in analysing the link that exists between “waste” and “resource”. In developing nations, this link is particularly strong, as waste is widely available in the public realm and economic opportunities are scarce. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is the result of two pieces of research carried out simultaneously at Paris Dauphine University. Field data were collected through interviews with different stakeholders involved in the value chain (businesses, scavengers, local authorities, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), etc.), as well as observations as a result of time spent by the researchers living and working in these countries. The limits to the methodology used in this paper are linked to the changing economic and political contexts of these countries, which may affect the nature of the obstacles identified in the value chain. Findings – This research has led the authors to identify different types of economic and social “value” which generate and represent waste in developing countries. The authors have analysed waste as a means for value generation for various stakeholders in a given society, as well as an object that can increase in value throughout the recycling process. However, this process of adding value – for those who benefit from the waste, as well as to the waste itself – is, in the case of Haiti and Vanuatu, limited. The authors have attempted to understand some of these limits, which represent a lost opportunity for these countries. Originality/value – In this paper, the authors have chosen to analyze this link between “waste” and “resource” in two island countries (Haiti and Vanuatu), which share similar geographical, economic and social characteristics, and to attempt to understand the various types of value that waste offers at different social levels.

Analyzing open government policy adoption through the multiple streams framework: The roles of policy entrepreneurs in the case of Madrid

2020 ◽  
pp. 095207672093634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edgar A Ruvalcaba-Gomez ◽  
J Ignacio Criado ◽  
J Ramon Gil-Garcia
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Policy Adoption ◽  
Adoption Process ◽  
Policy Entrepreneurs ◽  
Multiple Streams ◽  
The Public ◽  
Multiple Streams Framework

Open government is expected to promote important changes related to transparency, participation, and collaboration in the public sector. This article analyzes the open government policy-making process in Madrid. In order to explain the adoption process of open government as a public policy, this study uses the “multiple streams framework,” originally developed by Kingdon and recently elaborated on by Zahariadis and Herweg et al. Our empirical data, based on semi-structured interviews and qualitative and quantitative analysis provide evidence about the adoption of open government policy in the city of Madrid and help to illustrate some of the multiple roles that policy entrepreneurs play in the policy adoption process. Overall, this article offers insights on how and why open government is adopted into the public agenda of local governments. Also, this article highlights the importance of analyzing the roles of “policy entrepreneurs” and the duality of transparency and citizen participation in open government policies.

scholarly journals DATAFICATION IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR: EXPLORING THE BORDERS BETWEEN PUBLIC SERVICES AND CITIZENS

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hendrik Storstein Spilker ◽  
Lisa Reuter ◽  
Heather Broomfield ◽  
Anne Aasback ◽  
Tangni Cinningham Dahl-Jørgensen
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Organizational Restructuring ◽  
Research Project ◽  
The Public ◽  
Large Research

This panel presents on-going research from a large research project on digital infrastructures and citizen participation in the Nordic countries, with a focus on the datafication of the public sector and the construction of new borders between public services and citizens. In recent years, governments have faced increasing pressures to become datafied or “data-driven”. A more data-driven public is said to be able to develop a whole new range of services that are envisaged to result in better services, more effective government, more transparency in the public sector, more just service delivery, and the empowerment of citizens. The panel critically examines the challenges that arise when the precepts are to be converted into working services – such as: What kinds of foreseen and unforeseen transformations does the development of new services give rise to? • What kinds of resistance are the new services facing? • What new forms of expertise, enrollment of new actors, organizational restructuring and redelegation of roles and relations are needed? • How are citizens/clients envisioned and inscribed into the scenarios for future public administration? • How are citizens/clients consulted in the design and development of the services? • How are the new services experienced by citizens/clients? In sum, the presentations in this panel span a range of urgent themes related to the construction of borders (and alleys) between public sector services and citizens – from anticipations to effects and efforts.

scholarly journals Local open government: opportunities and challenges in terms of impact and participation.

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-132
Author(s):  
Renato Manuel Berrino Malaccorto ◽  
Maricel Lonati
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Public Services ◽  
The State ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Local Dimension ◽  
The Impact

Through this reflection we propose to investigate and explore the possibilities offered by the implementation of open government policies in the local dimension, focusing particularly on: 1) the impact generated by open government initiatives in the improvement of processes, delivery of public services and quality of life of citizens; 2) the potential of these tools to advance in opening policies that involve the different branches of the State; 3) the possibilities offered by closeness in local governments to encourage and diversify citizen participation, and to empower the community as a driver of innovation; 4) the lessons and challenges that the implementation of these tools leave in subnational governments.

scholarly journals Textbooks for Developing Countries

1990 ◽  
Vol 105 ◽  
pp. 200-201
Author(s):  
Mazlan Othman
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Native Language ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Astronomy Education ◽  
Final Choice ◽  
The Public ◽  
Grass Roots ◽  
School Text

I would like to address the issue of textbooks from a developing country’s point of view.Firstly, I believe that in the developing countries a textbook should be written in the native language if it is to reach the very people whose awareness of astronomy needs to be raised. And when we talk about books in the vernacular, the problem is one of dearth: a dearth of writers and a dearth of resources.The lack of writers comes about simply because in the developing nations there are inevitably very few astronomers and of these only one or two will be inclined to write books. If there exist writers, they are faced with several choices and problems. There are three types of books which can be written: a university text, a school text, and I shall include a book for the public. Each type of book targets a different kind of audience, so the writer must be attuned to the needs of the nation to know what the priority should be. If, for example, astronomy is about to be introduced into a school curriculum, then a school textbook should take the highest priority because it tackles astronomy education at the grass-roots level. Naturally, the final choice will depend on other factors as well, including promotion, fame, and pecuniary considerations.

Predictors of Whistle-Blowing Intentions: An Analysis of Multi-Level Variables

2015 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soma Pillay ◽  
Needesh Ramphul ◽  
Nirmala Dorasamy ◽  
Denny Meyer
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Whistle Blowing ◽  
The Public ◽  
Gender And Education ◽  
Multi Level

The purpose of this study was to examine the variables impacting on whistle-blowing intentions in the public services of two developing countries, South Africa and Mauritius. In particular, this study considers the barriers to whistle-blowing and the effect of demographic and cultural values on the perceptions of these barriers. The study finds major differences between South Africa and Mauritius with minor differences in regard to gender and education.

TVET in Developing Nations and Human Development

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ugochukwu Chinonso Okolie ◽  
Asfa M. Yasin
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
High Education ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Leadership Preparation ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Education Standards

This chapter discussed technical and vocational education training (TVET) and human development in developing nations. It presented TVET as a twin term which may be considered to mean same, supports basic education, life skills and enables achievement of high education standards, leadership, preparation for industry-defined work and advanced continuing education. Objectives of TVET were highlighted and challenges facing the smooth delivery of the programme in developing countries as well as solutions to the identified problems were discussed. It also provided readers with knowledge about how TVET can assist individuals become self reliant, creative, flexible, desire for achievement, ambition, trustworthy, reliable and agent of positive, capable of contributing to national growth and development.

M-Powering

2015 ◽  
pp. 741-751
Author(s):  
Benard Magara Maake ◽  
Naftal Nyarangi Oino ◽  
Fredrick Mzee Awuor
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Telecommunication Networks ◽  
Digital Government ◽  
Mobile Money ◽  
The Public ◽  
Money Transfers

A mobile government affords, for instance, a powerful and transformational capacity to extend access to existing services, to expand the delivery of new services, to increase active citizen participation in government operations, and to change the way of working within the public sector. With the advancement of wireless and mobile technology, more people have been enabled to connect to local and regional resources that might have been unreachable in the absence of these telecommunication networks. The ability to perform both private and government transactions using mobile phones has enhanced and promoted the awareness of a digital government, reducing the level of digital divide in marginalized, poor, and developing nations. M-PESA is a mobile money service in Kenya transforming the citizens' lives and the government's operations. This chapter shows how Mobile Money transfers (M-Pesa) transactions have been a driver to realize an e-Government in Kenya through the monetary controls.

scholarly journals Developing Sports for Economic Growth and Development in Developing Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (15) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Acquah-Sam
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Economic Growth And Development ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Speed Up

Many developing countries still struggle to industrialise to speed up the pace of economic growth and development. Given this, they continue to search for antidotes to the challenges of their underdevelopment. Sports development is touted by many as one of the antidotes to the underdevelopment challenges of developing countries. However, the major challenges developing countries face in recent times are how they can develop sports and how they can adequately harness its benefits for economic growth and development. This paper sought to holistically explore the challenges of sports development in developing nations, the long-term complementary strategies or cardinal pillars of sports development in developing nations, and the benefits of sports development and their effects on economic growth and development of developing nations. This paper employed a narrative overview research approach to arriving at its conclusions. It concludes that sports development hinges on the holistic development of ten long-run complementary strategies or cardinal pillars. In addition, sports development offers eight significant benefits that can help achieve economic growth and development in developing nations. One of the study's main recommendations is that sufficient and sustained levels of all kinds of investment in sports, coupled with strong institutions, good governance, and practical and interrelated policies, are critical for sports development and economic growth and development in developing countries.

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