[governance] Out Now - APDIP e-Note 11 - Pro-Poor Public Service Delivery with ICTs: Making local e-governance work towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals

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APDIP e-Note 11

 

Pro-Poor Public Service Delivery with ICTs

Making local e-governance work towards achieving the Millennium Development
Goals

 

By Lars Bestle, 2007

 

http://www.apdip.net/news/apdipenote11 

 

 

e-Governance and e-government are increasingly being emphasized by
governments, the private sector, civil society groups and development
agencies as critical for strengthening good democratic governance.

 

e-Governance for the poor or pro-poor e-governance assists governments in
reaching the yet 'unreached' and contribute to poverty reduction in rural
and remote areas. At the same time, this process also enables involvement
and empowerment of marginalized groups through their participation in the
political process. Despite the developmental potential, few governments in
the Asia-Pacific region have planned for and implemented e-governance
strategically directly targeting poor people.

 

This APDIP e-Note introduces the concept of pro-poor e-governance, gives two
examples of e-governance projects targeted at poor and vulnerable groups,
and provides a comprehensive approach to pro-poor e-governance towards
achieving the Millennium Development Goals. The approach is comprised of
seven building blocks that include policy development, needs assessment,
identification of high-impact applications, utilization of appropriate mix
of technologies, public-private-civil society partnerships, capacity
building and people's participation, and monitoring, evaluation and
feedback.

 

APDIP e-Notes are brief snapshots that present analyses of specific issues
related to ICTs for sustainable human development in the Asia-Pacific
region. This online series introduces readers to the who, what, where, why
and how of a wide range of current issues related to ICTs such as Internet
governance, ICTs and poverty reduction, e- governance, free and open source
software, and many others.

 

APDIP or the Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme is an initiative
of the United Nations Development Programme that aims to promote the
development and application of information and communications technology for
sustainable human development in the Asia-Pacific region.

 

 

Download APDIP e-Note 11 from http://www.apdip.net/apdipenote/11.pdf  

 

All APDIP e-Notes are available at http://www.apdip.net/apdipenote/ 

 

All APDIP e-Resources are available at http://www.apdip.net/elibrary/ 

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