The network, which published its report on e-Government Survey 2012 recently, says Nepal was ranked 153rd position in a similar survey in 2010. The drop in rank suggests the government of Nepal is still not efficiently using the ICT tools to deliver public services. [break]
The survey ranks UN member countries based on E-Government Development Index, which is a composite indicator that measures the willingness and capacity of national administrations to use information and communication technologies to deliver public services.
The government of the Republic of Korea retained first position earned in 2010. Likewise, Netherlands and the United Kingdom became second and third most advanced e-government in the world respectively. Denmark, the United States and France are among top five leaders in e-government.
Among South Asian countries, Maldives is ranked highest (at 95th position) for adopting e-governance. Like Nepal, India too slipped down five spots this year and was ranked at 124th position. Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are ranked 115th and 134th respectively.
The report states that countries like Israel and Luxembourg have entered in top 20 investing considerable resources in e-government in the last few years.
The score of Nepal in online services is 0.28 out of 1, similar to that of 2010. According to the report, Nepal scored just 0.026 in e-participation and it had scored 0.05 in previous survey. Similarly, India scored 0.18 in e-participation and its score in 2010 was 0.20.
“The caveat is that governments must find effective channels of communication that fit national circumstances while also taking steps to increase usage of online and mobile services in order to realize their full benefits to citizen,” the report stated.
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