Amsterdam, The Netherlands / Tokyo, Japan, 2 February 2011 – The Waseda University Institute of e-Government has released the 2011 Waseda University World e-Government Ranking, marking its seventh consecutive year of monitoring the development of e-Government worldwide. Singapore is once again at the top of the list. The complete list of the top 15 countries (economies) which have the most advanced development in e-government according to the Waseda Survey are: (1) Singapore, (2) USA, (3) Sweden, (4) Korea, (5) Finland, (6) Japan, (7) Canada, (8) Estonia, (9) Belgium, (10) United Kingdom / Denmark, (12) Italy, (13)Taiwan, (14) Australia, (15) Norway. The 2011 ranking surveys the e-Government development of 50 countries altogether. New to the rankings are 10 countries, which were added to the survey for the first time: Czech Republic, Egypt, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Macau SAR, Pakistan, Portugal, Romania, and Uzbekistan.
Prof. Dr. Toshio Obi, Director of the Waseda Institute
and Head of the research team observed that "ICT can be
a powerful tool to current economic issues and in doing
so, consolidate an inclusive Information Society.
Governments are key actors in this process in building
towards a citizen-oriented state".
Altogether, there are seven main indicators used to
carry out the survey. These indicators are: network
preparedness, required interface-functioning
applications, management optimization, national portal,
CIO in government, e-Government promotion and
e-participation.
Over the past seven years, the Waseda e-Government
research team has surveyed the developments and observed
the trends in the e-government arena. Some of the more
prominent or interesting trends deal not just with
technological developments, but also "paradigms" of how
ICT is to be viewed within the context of solving
problems. |
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