Electronic government services and corruption risks: correlation

Abstract

The proposed article is a continuation of the theme of e-government as a tool to combat corruption.Unfortunately, corruption is a phenomenon that deeply rooted in Kazakhstan and the fight againstit is one of the priority tasks of modern Kazakhstani policy. E-government, allowing citizens to contactgovernment bodies via the Internet, eliminates officials, reducing risks of corruption, and ensuring transparencyand accountability. Also, electronic communications suggest a transition from a hierarchicalmanagement system to a network one, with the establishment of horizontal communications of citizenswith government and management bodies, which reduces the gap between citizens and the state. Ingeneral, the development of e-government is an important factor in socio-political modernization andimproving the country’s economic competitiveness. E-government is a new paradigm of public administration,replacing the traditional, paper, bureaucratic paradigm.Kazakhstan is a recognized leader in the development of e-government in Central Asia. The aim ofthe article is a comparative analysis of the development of e-government in the post-Soviet space on theexample of Estonia and Georgia, as well as considering the correlation between the e-government andthe reduction of corruption risks in Kazakhstan.Key words: e-government, good governance, corruption, transparency, accountability, bureaucracy,correlation.