Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India, has come out with a Draft Policy on Open Standards for e-Governance. The policy is open for public review / comments.

The draft policy attempts to tackle difficult issues like vendor lock-in and attempts to provide a level playing field for all. It makes special provision for encouraging open standard work in Indian languages. It also lays down certain guiding principles for selec more...

The Techno-Legal Regulations have finally got the attention of a segment of Government of India, i.e. Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA). However, the media reports and the Ministry sources were totally clueless about the Information Technology Act, 2000 (IT Act, 2000) of India that is also the sole cyber law of India. The ignorance can be found of at least two facts, i.e. knowledge about IT Act, 2000 and its harmonisation with two or more laws (in this case The Indian Companies Act, 1956, The more...

Very few words are more fanciful than the words electronic governance (e-governance). These words have a tendency to portray an image of all advanced Nation or capable manpower. But the bigger question is what is more important; the image or reality? We have to analyse this question in the light of e-governance in India and the efforts of Government of India to achieve the Herculean task of being an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) enabled and capable Nation.

Haiti is the poorest country in the Latin America and Caribbean region and among the poorest in the world. Weak economic governance is a particularly serious obstacle to economic growth and poverty reduction in Haiti.  The Economic Governance Reform Operation (EGRO) was the main component of IDA’s program of re-engagement in Haiti following the resignation on February 29, 2004 of President Jean Bertrand Aristide and creation of a Transitional Government. The operation provided budget supp more...

The governance pathway, developed by the Institute for Solidarity in Asia, offers Philippine cities a vision and roadmap to achieve governance reforms and make democracy work. Thirty cities and two provinces have participated in a rigorous certification process that has improved city services, attracted investment, helped balance budgets, and raised citizens’ quality of life. Community groups participate in city planning and hold civic officials accountable for their promises, thereby deepenin more...

This toolkit introduces key corporate governance concepts and their connection to market-oriented democracy, provides a framework for applying governance principles to emerging markets situations, and outlines the four-step strategy developed by the Center for International Private Enterprise for corporate governance reform.

– India One is concept of joined up Government and how the government of India will change when integration in services will be implemented across Government of India. This paper concentrates on the concept of Functional Join for integration of services. The paper is not focused on e-Governance but Governance issues that need to be addressed before introduc-ing a concept called India One. It talks about the enabling environment that is must for integrated delivery of services.

This is a research report into the awareness, impact and success of the Code of Good Governance. This research shows just how much has been achieved with the Code in less than three years. There are high levels of awareness of the Code and it has been welcomed by the sector. There is now a wide range of organizations using the Code and reporting on its positive impact on improving standards of governance.

This is the second part of a four-part series on Conceptual Foundations of E-government. This paper deals with the relationship of e-government with networked society and mobile networked society, distinguishes between e-government and deep e-government, governance and government, and poor governance, governance and good governance. It proposes the concept of the poor-good e-government continuum and takes note of emerging centralization-decentralization paradox in e-government. The paper conclud more...

The Centre for the Study of Global Governance is a leading international institution dedicated to research, analysis and dissemination about global governance. Based at the London School of Economics, the Centre aims to increase understanding and knowledge of global issues, to encourage interaction between academics, policy makers, journalists and activists, and to propose solutions. The Centre conducts innovative and challenging research on key facets of globalisation: global governance, global more...