ABSTRACT

Nowadays, many governments around the world are using the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to build a more transparent, efficient and inclusive relationship with citizens. This new paradigm of open government, which is interrelated with e-government, differs among countries due to technological and socioeconomic conditions. The goal of this article is to examine the mediating role of ICT in the relationship between socioeconomic conditions and open government. In particular, we wonder if ICT development represents an intervening variable through which being a wealthy and innovative country may influence the development of open government. Based on a 125 country dataset for the year 2015, we estimate a Structural Equation Model (SEM). Our results suggest that higher levels of economic activity and innovation are associated with higher levels of ICT development, and that higher levels of ICT development are related to higher levels of e-government. Results obtained confirm the simple mediating role of ICT development.

摘要

如今，世界上许多国家的政府都在使用信息和通信技术（ICT）与公民建立更加透明，高效和包容的关系。由于政府的技术和社会经济条件的不同，这种与电子政务相互关联的开放政府新范式也有所不同。本文的目的是研究ICT在社会经济条件与开放政府之间的关系中的中介作用。特别是，我们想知道信息通信技术的发展是否代表一个干预变量，通过这个变量，一个富裕和创新的国家可能会影响开放政府的发展。基于2015年的125个国家/地区数据集，我们估算了结构方程模型（SEM）。我们的结果表明，较高水平的经济活动和创新与较高水平的ICT发展相关，而较高水平的ICT发展与较高的电子政务相关。获得的结果证实了信息通信技术发展的简单中介作用。