Information and Communication Technologies for the Public Service
A Small States Focus

Electronic infrastructure and network functionality are being utilised by governments around the world. The challenge that developing Commonwealth countries face is that many of them still do not have either the advanced industries or the financial means to modernise governments and their service delivery. This book looks at the obstacles facing developing countries and what lessons they can learn from developed countries’ approach towards e-government.
The authors begin by describing the three parallel trends that account for the current circumstances, so that the social, political and technological context of e-government and e-governance in developing countries can be clearly understood. They then review some of the considerations involved for implementing e-governance and e-government. The final chapters give practical examples of working plans for implementing e-government in Barbados, Belize, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Grenada, Guyana, Mauritius, and Trinidad and Tobago.
The authors begin by describing the three parallel trends that account for the current circumstances, so that the social, political and technological context of e-government and e-governance in developing countries can be clearly understood. They then review some of the considerations involved for implementing e-governance and e-government. The final chapters give practical examples of working plans for implementing e-government in Barbados, Belize, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Grenada, Guyana, Mauritius, and Trinidad and Tobago.
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Electronic Government in Barbados and the Cayman Islands
Prior to the Commonwealth Secretariat Regional Workshop on e-Government Readiness for Effective Public Service Delivery (4–8 June 2007), the governments of both Barbados and the Cayman Islands had already adopted e-government on a departmentby- department and a programme-by-programme basis. Websites and email were provided for select services, the purpose of which was to assist the general public and the business community. These ‘start-up’ projects were developed on an individual basis, because this strategy best reflected the limited resources and experience available at the time.
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