The index provides a quantitative appraisal of the use of e-government as a tool in the delivery of services to the public at large. It is a composite index based on website assessment, telecommunications infrastructure and human resources.
With a result of 0.5139, the country outperformed the Philippines, Dominican Republic and Saint Lucia on a global basis, as well as Jordan, Tunisia and Egypt on a regional basis. Globally, it came directly after Seychelles, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Albania. Regionally, it was outperformed by Qatar, Kuwait and Oman.
The first sub-index, in which Lebanon scored 0.4771, was the online service component which reflects governments’ ability to deliver online services to their citizens.
The country’s global rankings within this component improved by 16 notches from the last survey in 2010 to reach the 77th spot in 2012.
It was placed directly after Iran, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela, and before Tunisia, Bahamas and Ethiopia. Regionally, Lebanon, in 9th place, outperformed Tunisia, Jordan and Iraq, while it came directly after Egypt, Kuwait and Morocco.
Lebanon scored 0.2728 in the second sub-index, which was telecommunications infrastructure – variables reflecting a country’s infrastructure capacity as they relate to the delivery of e-government.
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Quelle/Source: Zawya, 10.03.2012
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