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E-Governance to Cut Corruption in Public Service Delivery: A Case Study of Fiji

International Journal of Public AdministrationPublished 14 April 2009
Raghuvar D. Pathak, Rafia Naz, Mohammed Habibur Rahman, Robert Frederick Ingram Smith, Kamal Nayan Agarwal
Citations67
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SJR score0.72
SNIP1.20

TL;DR

Perceptions of public service delivery in Fiji are examined to explore the potential of E-Governance to cut corruption and improve governance and it is suggested that service-delivery oriented IT initiatives can contribute to an effective, multi-pronged strategy to cut Corruption in the Fiji public sector.

Abstract

Abstract Experience in a number of developed and developing countries has shown that E-Governance initiatives can promote greater transparency with the goal of cutting corruption. This article examines perceptions of public service delivery in Fiji to explore the potential of E-Governance to cut corruption and improve governance. Based on a survey of community perceptions and a review of selected literature it suggests that service-delivery oriented IT initiatives can contribute to an effective, multi-pronged strategy to cut corruption in the Fiji public sector.

Keywords

Social SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance