Bringing Government into the 21st Century : The Korean Digital Governance Experience.

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Digital Government in Developing Countries: Reflections on the Korean Experience -- Digital Governance and Development Opportunities -- The Case of Digital Governance Development in the Republic of Korea -- Purpose and Structure of the Book -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 Institutional and Managerial Dimensions of Digital Government Development in the Republic of Korea -- Introduction -- Institutions and Digital Government Policy Design: A Brief History -- Leadership in Digital Government in Korea -- Financing and Human Resource Capacity Building -- Conclusion -- Annex 2A: Case Study of Gangnam-gu on Collaboration: The Pilot Project for Local Digital Government Development -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3 Korean Digital Government Infrastructure Building and Implementation: Capacity Dimensions -- Introduction -- Stepping Stones in the 1970s and 1980s -- Early Stage of Digital Government Infrastructure -- History of Funding and Strategic Approaches for Digital Governance -- Implementation of Digital Government Architecture -- Toward the Digital Economy along with Digital Government and Public Services -- Resolving Challenges and Conflicts -- Lessons Learned from Successes -- Failures of the Korean Digital Government Policies and Implementation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4 Evolution of Digital Government Systems in the Republic of Korea -- Introduction -- Stages in Developing Digital Government Systems -- Phase 1: Developing Systems for Critical Government Functions-Information Islands -- Phase 2: More Systems and Interconnections-Forming Information Archipelagos -- Phase 3: Integrating Infrastructure and Interconnecting Systems-Formation of Continents -- Implications: Theory of Information Continents.

After Continental Formation: Continental Drift? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5 Digital Government Impacts in the Republic of Korea: Lessons and Recommendations for Developing Countries -- Introduction -- Scope and Methodology -- The Four Dimensions of Impacts -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6 Lessons and Implications for Developing Countries -- Introduction -- Impacts of Digital Governance in Korea -- Lessons Learned: "The Korean Seven" -- Applying Korean Lessons to the Global Context -- Learning from Mistakes…How Did Korea Cope with Setbacks? -- Opportunities for Leapfrogging -- Conclusion -- Annex 6A: Guidance for Sequencing a Digital Government Strategy Based on the Korea Experience -- Annex 6B: Enterprise Architecture and Common Standards for Government in Korea -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Boxes -- Box 1.1 Korea's e-Governance Experience: A Phased Evolution -- Box 6.1 "The Korean Seven" -- Box 6.2 Metamorphosis of the Korean Public Sector -- Box 6.3 The Organizational History of e-Government in Korea -- Box 6.4 Governance Models for Horizontal Coordination (across Peer-level Agencies) -- Box 6.5 Innovation Financing, Budget Allocation and Prioritization -- Box 6.6 Korea's Sequencing of Technology Layers -- Box 6.7 The Importance of Sequencing -- Box 6.8 e-Government at the Local Level in Korea -- Box 6.9 Public-Private Investments in Technology -- Figures -- Figure 1.1 Trends in Development of PFM System (198 Economies) -- Figure 2.1 Structure of the e-Government Project during the Full Promotion Stage (1996-2002) -- Figure 2.2 Annual Budget Spent on e-Government (Full Promotion Stage, 1996-2002, Unit: Korean Won 100 million) -- Figure 4.1 Eleven Initiatives in Phase 1: Information Islands -- Figure 4.2 Thirty-One Priorities of the e-Government Roadmap in Phase 2.

Figure 6.1 Stages and Demand for Support from Countries Implementing e-Government -- Figure 6.2 e-Governance and Economic Progress in Korea -- Figure 6.3 Korean Public Sector metamorphosis over the course of development -- Figure 6.4 Restructuring for E-Government in 2009 -- Tables -- Table 1.1 UN e-Government Ranking for Korea -- Table 2.1 History of Korea's E-Government Implementation -- Table 2.2 Annual Numbers of Public Servants Who Received Informatization Training -- Table 2.3 Accomplishments of the IT Education for 10 Million Citizens Project -- Table 2.4 Content of Human Resource Development Project -- Table 4.1 Stages of Digital Government -- Table 4.2 Strategies and Actions in 3 Phases of IAC -- Table 5.1 E-Government Effects on Organizational Structure: Descriptive Studies -- Table 5.2 E-Government Effects on Organizational Structure: Multivariate Studies -- Table 5.3 E-Government Effects on Organizational Processes: Descriptive Studies -- Table 5.4 E-government Effects on Organizational Processes: Multivariate Studies -- Table 5.5 E-Government Effects on Organizational Output: Descriptive Studies -- Table 5.6 E-Government Effects on Organizational Output: Multivariate Studies -- Table 5.7 E-Government Effects on Cost Reduction: Descriptive Studies -- Table 5.8 E-government Effects on Return on Investment and Employment -- Table 5.9 E-Government Effects on Local Economy and Globalization -- Table 5.10 E-Government Impacts on Responsiveness -- Table 5.11 E-Government Impacts on Accountability -- Table 5.12 E-Government Impacts on Trust, Social Inclusion, and Cohesion.

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