Information Science Reference Digital Access and E-Government: Perspectives from Developing and Emerging Countries (Advances in Electronic Government, Digital Divide, and Regional Development (Aegddrd) Book)

Access to government information faces many roadblocks in developing and emerging economies due to lack of appropriate legal frameworks and other requisite information laws. However, there is hope that many countries are now recognising the importance of providing access to public information resources.Digital Access and E-Government: Perspectives from Developing and Emerging Countries explores the relationships that exist between access to information laws and e-government. It shares the strategies used in encouraging access to information in a variety of jurisdictions and environments, to be of use to e-government designers and practitioners, policymakers, and university professors. About the Author Peter Mazebe II Mothataesi Sebina, University of Botswana, Botswana.Kgomotso H. Moahi, University of Botswana, Botswana.Kelvin Joseph Bwalya is a final year PhD candidate at the Department of Information and Knowledge Management (University of Johannesburg). He has a Master’s in Electrical and Computer Science from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, and Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering from Moscow. Kelvin has over 30 peer reviewed publications and has presented at over 20 conferences worldwide. His research interests lie in information systems (e-Government, databases, business process modeling, semantic information retrieval and analysis, etc.).