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West Bank and Gaza : High Level Technical Assessment on e-Government.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- World Bank Group.
- Series:
- Other Public Sector Study
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Access to Information.
- Birth Certificates.
- Business.
- Databases.
- E-Business.
- E-Government.
- Financial and Private Sector Development.
- Governance.
- Ict Policy and Strategies.
- Information and Communication Technologies.
- Information Security.
- Information Technology.
- National Security.
- Policy Making.
- Private Sector.
- Private Sector Development.
- Project Management.
- Public officials.
- Public Sector.
- Public Sector Development.
- Public Service Delivery.
- Regulation and Competition Policy.
- Software.
- Technology Diffusion.
- Telecommunications.
- Trade and Integration.
- Transparency.
- Local Subjects:
- Access to Information.
- Birth Certificates.
- Business.
- Databases.
- E-Business.
- E-Government.
- Financial and Private Sector Development.
- Governance.
- Ict Policy and Strategies.
- Information and Communication Technologies.
- Information Security.
- Information Technology.
- National Security.
- Policy Making.
- Private Sector.
- Private Sector Development.
- Project Management.
- Public officials.
- Public Sector.
- Public Sector Development.
- Public Service Delivery.
- Regulation and Competition Policy.
- Software.
- Technology Diffusion.
- Telecommunications.
- Trade and Integration.
- Transparency.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 pages)
- Other Title:
- West Bank and Gaza
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2016.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- The Palestinian Authority (PA) is in the early phase of its e-goverment journey and aims to utilize ICT to deliver services to its citizens and businesses to improve social well-beng and facilitate economic development. The PA aims to serve 12.1 million Palestinians in the West Bank (2.7 million), the Gaza Strip (1.7 million), and the remaining 7.7 million Palestinians who are dispersed among 28 different countries. Many Palestinians are refugees, including more than one million in the Gaza Strip, 750,000 in the West Bank, and about 250,000 in Israel. Of the Palestinian population residing abroad, otherwise known as the Palestinian diaspora, more than half are considered stateless, lacking citizenship in any country. The combination of the ongoing Israeli-Palestiniann conflict as well as the diaspora situation makes implementation of e-goverment projects in the West Bank and Gaza (WBG) unique and complex. A review of e-goverment documentation and stakeholder interviews reveals that the PA has made reasonable progress on e-goverment amidst a challenging environment, but it is still in the nascent phase in terms of delivering benefits to its constituents. There are numerous challenges for the successful implementation of e-goverment, including geopolitical conflict, insufficient legislation to facilitate electronic transactions, limited budget to support e-goverment projects, inadequate policies and standards, and limited capacity within the e-goverment unit under the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology (MTIT). The PA is at a key moment in its e-goverment journey. It is an opportunistic time to drive modernization of its public administration and public service delivery through use of ICT, offer better services to citizens, and promote economic growth.
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