THE MOTIVES BEHIND KOREA’S LEADING E-GOVERNMENT AID PROGRAM

Yıl 2017, Cilt: 9 Sayı: 2, 32 - 53, 01.06.2017

James C. Schopf

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During the past decade Korea has provided the most Official Development
Assistance (ODA) in the field of Information and Communication Technology
(ICT) among the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
(OECD)’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members. E-government
reforms helped South Korea cut corruption and improve government
effectiveness, and the Korean ICT ODA programs offer poor countries a similar
opportunity to promote economic and social development. Tobit regression
analysis of Korean ICT ODA to 153 developing nations reveals, though, that the
Korean program has emphasized economic self-interest to the detriment of
humanitarian concerns, potentially jeopardizing the program’s mission and
effectiveness. To improve aid effectiveness, Korea should direct more Egovernment
assistance to recipients with democratic political institutions and
greater humanitarian need.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Korea, ICT ODA, E-government, Motivations, Development