2007 World e-Government Ranking, from Waseda University
The Waseda University Institute of e-Government has recently released its 2007 World E-Government Ranking. The Institute ranked the development of e-Government in 32 countries from all over the world. The top five countries in the list were: United States, Singapore, Canada, Japan and Korea.
In order to measure e-Government development in those countries, some indicators and parameters were defined and used. Focus of the research was not only on the provision of services to citizen, but also on the effective degree of commitment of a certain country with the implementation of successful e-Government strategies.
An interesting finding mentioned by the Director of the Institute shows that even though digital divide is still an issue, the gap between developed countries and some other developing countries is getting close. And this is certainly good news.
