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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Volume 46, Issue 16, Pages 1137-1150Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2022.2076695
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e-Government; corruption; digitalization; political instability; panel data
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The use of Information and Communications Technology by e-Government is crucial in reducing corruption and promoting sustainable development. The e-Government Development Index needs to surpass a threshold of 0.39 to effectively curb corruption.
Combating corruption is crucial to achieve sustainable development. With the digital revolution, the use of Information and Communications Technology by the government can promote more efficient services, diminishing the discretionary power of officials, and thus reducing corruption and promoting sustainable development. This study empirically investigates the impact of e-Government in reducing corruption on a large panel data of 175 countries, from 2003 to 2019, by estimating regression models. The results suggest that e-Government, accountability, political stability, economic wealth, and internet are significant determinants of corruption. E-Government can be a significant tool to curb corruption, although e-Government Development Index needs to exceed a threshold of 0.39 to reduce corruption. Although e-Government is a recent phenomenon, it can be regarded as an important tool for combating corruption and improving governance, enhancing transparency in public administration, since it reduces discretional power and increases the chance of exposure, eliminating some opportunities for corruption.
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