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Citizen Perspective E-Governance Model for Developing Countries: Bangladesh Context

M. Mozammel Hoque Chowdhury1,, A.K.M. Zaidi Satter2

1Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

2Department of Business Administration, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

American Journal of Modeling and Optimization. 2013, 1(3), 43-46. DOI: 10.12691/ajmo-1-3-4
Published online: August 25, 2017

Abstract

E-governance can play a vital role in socio-economic development of a country by reducing corruption and strengthening democracy. Developing countries like are facing a lot of challenges to establish good governance. E-governance could be a good solution through which government can facilitate an efficient, speedy and transparent process for performing government administrative activities and delivery of services to the citizen and other agencies. This research aims to assess the potentialities, issues and challenges of implementing E-governance in the developing countries. The study has been conducted in context of , a most densely populated developing country in the world where good governance is badly needed. Considering the expectations of the citizens, a model for implementing a successful E-governance system has been proposed in this paper.

Keywords:

E-governance model, ICT, electronic services, developing countries, bangladesh
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