A Comparison of E-Government Systems Between Developed and Developing Countries

Abstract

The term e-government provides information and conveys governmental services for employees, citizens, and businesses. The aim of this study is to determine and explain the most significant factors that have been utilized to overcome the difficulties in infrastructure, cultural, political, technical, and social aspects of e-government. The researcher tried to explain and compare two different e-government systems from developing countries (Iraq) and developed countries (Finland) and specified several points between these two countries that could help developing countries to develop good e-government. The reason to choose these two countries is that there is a gap in the e-government system between developing and developed countries which is helpful to specify weak points of the e-government system in Iraq and to get benefit from Finland's experience in this sphere. Then, the researcher highlights the good factors from developed countries that are applicable in developing counties that help to suggest a list of suggestions for developing the e-government system in Iraq.