E-Governance: A Key to Good Governance in Cambodia

Abstract

The paper examined E-Governance, a key to good governance in Cambodia by focusing on the evolution and the barrier progresses of E-Governance in Cambodia. It employed deductive and exploratory approaches along with some interviews with key informants to ensure the impediments in adoptions and implementation of E-Governance in Cambodia. The findings indicated that E-Governance involves people, processes, and results in SMARTER from using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) at various levels of the government and other institutions for the purpose of enhancing governance by improving the accountability, transparency, participation, efficiency, and effectiveness of both public and private sectors. The results from the reviews, documents, interviews, and discussions suggested that it be clear the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has achieved certain developments in ICTs though there were some challenges in which effective strategies and actions should be considered to enhance the efficiency of ICTs application as well as implementation of E-Governance in Cambodia.

Keywords: E-Governance, Good Governance, Human Resource Development, E-Governance’s Evolution, E-Governance’s Barriers, Cambodia