E-Government in Transition Economies

This paper deals with e-government issues at several levels. Initially we look at the concept of e-government itself in order to give it a sound framework. Than we look at the e-government issues at three levels, first we analyse it at the global level, second we analyse it at the level of transition economies, and finally we take a closer look on developments in Croatia. The analysis includes actual progress being made in selected transition economies given the Euro area averages, along with e-government potential in future demanding period.

Authors:

• Mario Spremić
• Jurica Šimurina
• Božidar Jaković
• Marijana Ivanov

Keywords:

• Central and Eastern Europe
• Croatia
• e-Government
• ICT.

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