E-Government and the Fight Against Corruption: Conceptual Modeland Five Case Studies from India

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Corruption in varying degrees exists in almost all countries. But its alarmingly high levels and persistence in developing countries such as India is a cause for deep concern. Indeed, international agencies and governments are continually engaged in devising new strategies to check corruption. Although e-government has held much promise in this regard, its impact on developing country corruption presents a mixed picture. The paper connects to the relevant theories and posits a conceptual model of e-government impact on corruption. In addition, a few Indian case-studies are re-visited and their outcomes with regard to corruption are analyzed afresh in terms of the conceptual model. This paper should help e-government impact research to move forward from non-theory to theory driven.

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