Since 2001, corruption is recognized as a major threat after insurgency and drugs to Afghanistan’s reconstruction efforts. Countless efforts have been made by the Afghan government and the international community to tackle corruption.... more
Since 2001, corruption is recognized as a major threat after insurgency and drugs to Afghanistan’s reconstruction efforts. Countless efforts have been made by the Afghan government and the international community to tackle corruption. Recently, Afghan government implemented a number of ICT and e-Government projects aimed at reducing corruption. Similarly, many researchers proposed e-Government and ICT solutions as a strategic tool for fighting corruption by referencing to the case studies in developing and developed countries. This paper adapted the inductive approach in following those claims and started, an in-depth study of Afghanistan's corruption, followed by the e-Government case studies in developing countries. The results indicated that none of the researchers took into account the complex nature of Afghanistan’s corruption before proposing the solution. The researchers without having deep understating focused on addressing administrative or petty corruption and ignored the grand (predatory) and political corruptions altogether. Similarly, this narrow understating of corruption has led to the exclusion of critical issues including criminal networks, drugs, and insurgency from the corruption’s discussion for good. While, after successful implementation, e-Government and ICT can be helpful in tackling petty or administrative corruption, it is not a panacea for corruption, and it should not be treated that way. Corruption is deeply rooted in the Afghan society, and preventing corruption require more than ICT and e-Government initiatives. This study concludes by recommending a tool-box that can eradicate corruption. This tool-box includes good quality regulations and administrative reforms, in addition to adopting ICT and e-Government. Keywords: e-Government, ICT, corruption, Insurgency, Drugs, Developing Countries
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Since 2001, corruption is recognized as a major threat after insurgency and drugs to Afghanistan’s reconstruction efforts. Countless efforts have been made by the Afghan government and the international community to tackle corruption.... more
Since 2001, corruption is recognized as a major threat after insurgency and drugs to Afghanistan’s reconstruction efforts. Countless efforts have been made by the Afghan government and the international community to tackle corruption. Recently, Afghan government implemented a number of ICT and e-Government projects aimed at reducing corruption. Similarly, many researchers proposed e-Government and ICT solutions as a strategic tool for fighting corruption by referencing to the case studies in developing and developed countries.
This paper adapted the inductive approach in following those claims and started, an in-depth study of Afghanistan's corruption, followed by the e-Government case studies in developing countries. The results indicated that none of the researchers took into account the complex nature of Afghanistan’s corruption before proposing the solution. The researchers without having deep understating focused on addressing administrative or petty corruption and ignored the grand (predatory) and political corruptions altogether.
Similarly, this narrow understating of corruption has led to the exclusion of critical issues including criminal networks, drugs, and insurgency from the corruption’s discussion for good. While, after successful implementation, e-Government and ICT can be helpful in tackling petty or administrative corruption, it is not a panacea for corruption, and it should not be treated that way.
Corruption is deeply rooted in the Afghan society, and preventing corruption require more than ICT and e-Government initiatives. This study concludes by recommending a tool-box that can eradicate corruption. This tool-box includes good quality regulations and administrative reforms, in addition to adopting ICT and e-Government.
Keywords: e-Government, ICT, corruption, Insurgency, Drugs, Developing Countries
This paper adapted the inductive approach in following those claims and started, an in-depth study of Afghanistan's corruption, followed by the e-Government case studies in developing countries. The results indicated that none of the researchers took into account the complex nature of Afghanistan’s corruption before proposing the solution. The researchers without having deep understating focused on addressing administrative or petty corruption and ignored the grand (predatory) and political corruptions altogether.
Similarly, this narrow understating of corruption has led to the exclusion of critical issues including criminal networks, drugs, and insurgency from the corruption’s discussion for good. While, after successful implementation, e-Government and ICT can be helpful in tackling petty or administrative corruption, it is not a panacea for corruption, and it should not be treated that way.
Corruption is deeply rooted in the Afghan society, and preventing corruption require more than ICT and e-Government initiatives. This study concludes by recommending a tool-box that can eradicate corruption. This tool-box includes good quality regulations and administrative reforms, in addition to adopting ICT and e-Government.
Keywords: e-Government, ICT, corruption, Insurgency, Drugs, Developing Countries
