e-governance

29.03.2005 President Robert Mugabe has pulled out all the stops before elections in Zimbabwe Thursday, spending US$100 million of the state's money on Hewlett Packard laptops that he passes out at schools as he campaigns across the country. Meanwhile, many of the schools receiving the high-tech computers have been without textbooks, electricity, furniture or even roofs for many years.

18.03.2005 The state-level e-governance projects covering land records, property registration, agriculture and municipalities are expected to get a massive thrust, with a whopping 50-75 per cent of the World Bank's proposed $500-million assistance for the National e-Governance Plan (NEGP) likely to flow into state initiatives.

09.03.2005 The fifth round of annual survey of online government services is showing remarkable progress of e-governance in European Union – over 90% of public service providers now have an on-line presenc, while 40% of basic public services are fully interactive.