Assessment of E-government Development in the Economic and Monetary Community of Central African States (EMCCAS)

Abstract: Information and communication technologies (ICT) are a powerful support not only for modernization and productivity gains but also for good governance in developing countries, notably through the transparency it engenders in the administrative treatment procedures. This study, a pioneer in the target sub-region, assesses the development of e-government in the Economic and Monetary Community of Central African States (EMCCAS). This evaluation is done through the egovernment development index of the pre-cited sub-region, comparing it with similar sub-regions on the basis of United Nations surveys between 2003 and 2016. This paper finally shows stagnation and weak development of e-government in the region studied. This is due in part to the inadequate financial resources allocated to the task, a private sector that is not very active in developing local content, the weak telecommunication infrastructures, and inadequate institutional and regulatory frameworks.