We construct unanticipated government spending shocks for 103 developing countries from 1990 to 2015 and study their effects on income distribution. find that fiscal consolidations lead a long-lasting increase in inequality, while expansions lower inequality. The results are robust several measures of distribution size the shocks, an alternative identification strategy, across recessions countr...

While there has been a rapid growth in e-Government initiatives in developing countries, whether it has led to providing effective government services to the citizens has remained a question of concern. Evidence suggests that this objective is far from being met. The main hurdle has been that an overwhelming part of the citizens in these countries do not have the capability to either access gov...

E-government could simply defined as “the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in improving the activities and services of government” (Heeks, 2004). Its remarkable benefits encouraged most governments in both developed and developing countries to launch egovernment projects (Liikanen, 2003). However, few of them have succeeded in achieving their set targets. In developing co...

We examine the effects of disaggregated government expenditure on investment using fixedand random-effect methods. Using the government budget constraint, we explore the effects of taxand debt-financed expenditure for the full sample, and for sub-samples of developed and developing countries. In general, tax-financed government expenditure crowds out more investment than debtfinanced expenditur...

M-government (Mobile Government) has become popular among many developing countries including Bangladesh. Since m-government is still in early stage of implementation, few studies have identified the acceptance factors of using services among citizen. However, most of the studies identified the adoption factors based on Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), Theory...

E-government initiatives are in their infancy in many developing countries. The success of these initiatives is dependent on government support as well as citizens’ adoption of e-government services. This research identified the attitudes and perceptions of the citizens of Kuwait, a developing country, towards the adoption of e-government services. Based on previous research exploring the deter...

Electronic Government (e-Government) has the potential to contribute to the good government agenda through citizen engagement, effective service delivery and improved efficiency in government. However, realizing this potential is dependent on strong Technology Leadership (e-Leadership) realized through executive IT leaders and Government Chief Information Officers (GCIOs). The paper presents th...

With the widespread deployment of e-government systems in developing countries, and also their high failure rates, it is important to understand the complex processes that underlie successful implementations of large-scale information systems. MIS theory has explicated the nature of conflict in the design of information systems and the reasons why systems are resisted by stakeholders. In this c...