ABSTRACT

Governments globally are leveraging information and communication technology (ICT) growth towards improving the quality of public procurement services for socio-economic development. However, the extent of its application differs across nations. Notwithstanding the extant theoretical and empirical literature on IT for development, knowledge on how to assess readiness for adopting a full e-procurement system in the public sector of lower and lower-middle income countries (LMICs) begs for understanding. With the narrative of Ghana, we address this gap by drawing on the institutional and economic theory and the United Nations E-Government Development Index towards a holistic framework beyond the dyad of linear website functionalities and internet focus of prior e-government adoption models. Elite interviews gathered from multiple cases from Ghana’s public sector reveals the key readiness determinants for a full public sector e-procurement system. This study has significant implications for shaping the process-oriented management of government e-procurement projects towards socio-economic development in LMICs amid their complex institutional and socio-technical environments.

摘要

全球各国政府正在利用信息和通信技术（ICT）的增长来提高公共采购服务质量，以促进社会经济发展。但是，其适用范围因国家而异。尽管已有关于IT促进发展的理论和经验文献，但有关如何评估在中低收入国家（LMIC）的公共部门中采用完整的电子采购系统的准备程度的知识仍在寻求理解。在加纳的叙述中，我们通过利用制度和经济理论以及联合国电子政务发展指数，朝着超越线性网站功能和以前电子政务采用模式的互联网焦点的整体框架发展一个整体框架，来解决这一差距。从加纳公共部门的多个案例中收集的精英访谈揭示了完整的公共部门电子采购系统的关键准备就绪因素。这项研究对于在复杂的制度和社会技术环境中，将政府电子采购项目的过程导向型管理转变为中低收入国家的社会经济发展具有重要意义。