Author: Nagy K. Hanna

Publisher: The World Bank

Keywords: e-Strategy, e-Development, Knowledge economy, Information and communication for development, Information society, Digital divide, e-Democracy, e-Government, e-Leadership institutions, South Asia, Governance, Civil Society, and Participation, Digital Economy, Private Sector

Abstract:
A case study of why and how national e-leadership institutions, e-government and e-society programs were designed and implemented. The book examines the process of building national ICT institutions, showing how to design and implement an integrated e-government program. The book describes how a fund was developed to promote grassroots innovations that leverage ICT to solve problems of rural development and poverty. The book proposes national e-strategies be grounded in an integrated framework and institutional mechanisms that would exploit synergies and interdependencies among the different elements of e-development. Finally the many lessons learned so far from implementing the e-Sri Lanka program are summed up.

Subjects: Governance, Civil Society, and Participation; Private Sector