Analysis and Evaluation of the Impact of Sub-Indicators of e-Government Development Index (EGDI) and e-Participation Index (EPI) Using Time Series Data of the Middle East Countries During the Years 2003 to 2022
Subject Areas : e-SocietyAtefeh Farazmand 1 , Farshad Hakamizadeh 2
1 - Head of ICT development planning Research Group, Strategic Studies and Digital Economy Centre, ICT research Institute (ITRC), Tehran, Iran
2 -
Keywords: Keywords: e-government index (EGDI), e-participation (EPI), online services sub-index (OSI), communication infrastructure sub-index (TII), human resources sub-index (HCI),
Abstract :
Electronic and intelligent government aims to connect citizens with various public institutions to provide automated services that reduce cost and time while improving service delivery performance and effectiveness. As a result, measuring e-government performance has become increasingly important to monitor progress and identify opportunities for enhancement across different aspects of citizens’ lives. This study analyzes the performance of the e-government index in the Middle East to explore ways to improve the country's standing. Specifically, it examines the relationship between the main sub-indices of e-government and e-participation using Pearson correlation analysis and the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test to assess data normality, conducted via SPSS software. The findings indicate a significant relationship between the e-government development index and the e-participation index. Among the e-government sub-indices, online services and communication infrastructure are strongly correlated, while the human capital sub-index shows no significant relationship with online services and only a weak correlation with communication infrastructure. Moreover, an analysis of the performance of Middle Eastern countries in these indices from 2003 to 2022 reveals that the United Arab Emirates had the highest overall performance, whereas Libya showed the weakest.
