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ICT adoption and use in the Public Sector of LDC

This research is undertaken as a PhD research on Information System at School of Accounting and Business Information Systems in the Australian National University.  Aim of this research is to gain an in-depth understanding of impediments and the  associated issues related to ICT adoption in public sectors within a LDC environment; the ultimate goal of which is to create  a conceptual model that can best explain the ICT adoption and eGovernment  strategy in LDCs.  Bangladesh has been taken as case study  for this research to represent a typical LDC. 

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HICSS-42

APRU 9th Doctoral Conference

First Non Resident Bangladeshi (NRB) Conference Dec, 2007, Dhaka

ICIS 2007

APRU 8th Doctoral Conference

ACIS 2006

QualIT 2006

APRU 7th Doctoral Conference
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e Gov Asia 2006

ACIS 2005

Business and Government in Bangladesh in the 21st Century

SEARCC 2005

 

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Role of State Leadership for making an IT Enabled Bangladesh- BASIS SOFTEXPO 2008
 

Review of e-Governance and Recommendations- BIJF Roundtable

 Major Contextual Issue for eGovernance adoption in Bangladesh, 18 July 2007

NICTA - Process Definitions for Business and Government

ACS-IT in Govt 2007

UNDP@SOFTEXPO 2005  eGov implementation, Best Practices

Building an Information Society:
ROAD 2 TUNIS

 

“ In the twenty-first century, the capacity to communicate will almost certainly be a key human right. Eliminating the distinction between the information-rich and information-poor is also critical to eliminating economic and other inequalities between North and South, and to improve the life of all humanity."             

                                                                        - Nelson Mandela, 1995
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PSLP eGov (Supported by the Australian Government, AusAID).......More

eGovernment Capacity building through knowledge transfer and best practice development  in Bangladesh

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8 Books

eGovernment for Bangladesh: A Strategic Pathway for Success. Imran, A, Turner, T. and Gregor, S. (2008)Canberra, Australia: National Centre for Information Systems Research. ISBN 978-0-9805777-0-9.

ICT Management Handbook, A Guide for Government Officers in Bangladesh. Gregor, S., Imran, A., and Turner, T. (2008) (Eds) Canberra, Australia: National Centre for Information Systems Research ISBN: 978-0-9805777-1-6.

8 Journal Papers

Uncovering the hidden issues in e-government adoption in a least developed country: The case of Bangladesh. Imran, A and Gregor (Forthcoming). Accepted for Journal of Global Information Management.

A Comparative Analysis of Strategies for eGovernment in Developing Countries. Imran, A. and Gregor, S. (2007). Journal of Business Systems, Governance and Ethics (JBSGE), Vol 2 (3).

8 Refereed Conference Papers

Imran, A., Gegor, S. and Turner.T. (2009) ‘eGovernment capacity building through knowledge transfer and best practice development in Bangladesh’, 10TH International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP),Dubai, 26-28 May 2009.

Imran, A (2009). Knowledge and Attitude, the Two Major Barriers to ICT Adoption in LDC are the Opposite Side of a Coin; An Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh,  Proceedings of the 42nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-42),Waikoloa, Hawaii, Jan 5-8, 2009, pp.1-10.

Imran, Turner and Gregor (2008) Educate to Innovate – Fast Tracking ICT Management Capabilities Amongst the Key Government Officials for eGovernment Implementation in Bangladesh, SIG GlobDev Workshop, Paris France December 13, 2008

Imran, A., Gegor, S. and Turner.T. (2009) ‘eGovernment capacity building through knowledge transfer and best practice development in Bangladesh’, 10TH International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP),Dubai,  26-28 May 2009.

Imran, A (2009). Knowledge and Attitude, the Two Major Barriers to ICT Adoption in LDC are the Opposite Side of a Coin; An Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh,  Proceedings of the 42nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-42),Waikoloa, Hawaii, Jan 5-8, 2009,  pp.1-10.

Imran, Turner and Gregor ( 2008) Educate to Innovate – Fast Tracking ICT Management Capabilities Amongst the Key Government Officials for eGovernment Implementation in Bangladesh, SIG GlobDev Workshop, Paris France December 13, 2008

Imran, A (2008) eGovernment in least developing countries: A case of Bangladesh. 9th Association of the Pacific Rim Universities Doctoral Students Conference (APRU DSC), Far Eastern National University, Vladivostok, Russia, 14- 18 July 2008.

Imran, A (2007). ICT adoption and use in the Public Sector of a Least Developed Country (LDC): The Case of Bangladesh.  Proceedings of the Doctoral Consortium at International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) , Montréal, Québec, Canada December 9 – 12, 2007.

Imran, A. (2007) Role of Leadership and Championship in ICT adoption and diffusion in the Developing Countries.. 8th APRU Doctoral Students Conference, July 30 – Aug 3, 2007, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Imran, A (2006). Significant barriers to ICT adoption in the public sector in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs): A case study of Bangladesh.  Proceedings of the 17th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Adelaide, 6-8 December, 2006.

Imran, A (2006). Achieving value from ICT adoption and use in the Public Sectors of a Least Developed Country (LDC): A Case Study of Bangladesh. Proceedings of the 3rd international Conference on Qualitative Research in IT & IT in Qualitative Research, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, November 27-29, 2006.

Imran, A (2006). Major barriers to ICT adoption in the public sectors of the least   developed countries (LDCs): A case study of Bangladesh. Proceedings of the 7th APRU Doctoral Students Conference, National University of Singapore, Singapore,17th-21st July, 2006

Imran, A. and Gregor, S. (2006). A Comparative Analysis of Strategies for eGovernment in Developing Countries. Proceedings of the eGov Asia 2006  Conference, April 26 – 28, 2006, Rama Gardens Hotel and Resort, Bangkok, Thailand

Imran, A. and Gregor, S. (2005). Strategies for ICT use in the public sector in the least developed countries: A cross-country analysis.  In B. Campbell, J. Underwoord, D. Bunker (Eds.). Proceedings of the 16th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, 30 Nov. – 2 Dec, p. 32. Nominated for best paper award.

Imran, A. and Gregor, S. (2005). Achieving Value from ICT in the Public Sector: What Bangladesh Can Learn from Australia. In Proceedings of Business and Government in Bangladesh in the 21st Century Conference, Melbourne, 7 Nov.

8 Invited Presentations at Seminars/ Conferences

Helping to Close the Digital Gap between Technologically Rich and Poor Nations. The e-Government Forum, CeBIT Australia  Sydney Exhibition and Convention Centre, Darling Harbour, 13 May 2009 (With Professor Shirley Gregor)

Bangladesh Case Study: Effective Strategies and Capacity Building for eGovernment Implementation in Least Developed Countries. eGovernment Conference, IQPC and Australian Computer Society, Marque Hotel Canberra, 15 & 16 June 2009 (With Professor Shirley Gregor)

Green ICT Potential and eGovernment Capacity Building in Bangladesh and Other Developing Countries, Greening ICT to address Global Downturn and Global Warming Symposium, Computer Science and Information Technology (CSIT), The Australian National University, 19 February 2009

Role of State Leadership for making an IT Enabled Bangladesh- Seminar organized by UNDP@SOFTEXPO, at Bangladesh China Friendship Conference Centre (BCFCC), Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka. July 18, 2008

 eGovernment in Bangladesh: The way forward. Imran, A. (2007). First Non-Resident Bangladeshi conference, Dec 27-29, 2007, Hotel Sheraton, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 

Major Contextual Issues for eGovernance Adoption in Bangladesh, Key note presentation at  Seminar organized by Bangladesh Association of Software & Information Services (BASIS) at Bangladesh China Friendship Conference Centre (BCFCC), Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka. July 18, 2007

 8 Selected Literature

Public IT Policies in Less Developed Countries: A Critical Assessment of the Literature and a Reference Framework Checchi, Straub. Journal of Global Information Technology Management.  2003.

Measuring the Efficiency and Effectiveness of E-Government-ANAO
 

8 Discussion Papers

The Emerging Context for Social Appropriation of ICT   Taylor, AGIMO

8  Special Reports/ Statistics

The United Nations e-Government Survey 2008

UN Global E-government Readiness Report 2005

UN Global E-government Readiness Report 2004

UNDP Human Development Report 2001

The E-Government Imperative. OECD 2003

ITU's Global Digital Access Index (DAI)

 

8  Media Clips

Paper tiger, Digital development in Bangladesh, ANU Reporter, Spring, 2008 [New]

Bangladesh making progress in global e-government readiness, 28 March, 2008, The Daily Star  

Achievements  in Information System, ANU College of Business & Economics, News Letter, March 2008  

Politicians, professionals call for roadmap to boost IT, 18 FEB 2008, The Daily Star , The Independent 

BIJF's Roundtable on eGovernance,  29 Feb 2008. The Daily Star,  The Independent  

Aussie varsity to conduct project on e-governance, 05 Feb 08, The Daily Star

Boosting up bureaucrats for adopting e-Governance, The Independent

PhD research shared across the Pacific, 20 Aug 2007, On Campus , ANU

BASIS Seminar On Major Contextual Issues for eGovernance Adoption in Bangladesh Held: Computer Jogot,  BASIS Press Release

Government lacks roadmap for e-governance, July 19 2007 ,  The new Age, South asia Media Net

Voter ID card may not serve as the magic tool without enacting ICT in the mainstream of governance, Wednesday January 24 2007 , The News from Bangladesh, The daily Star, The New Age , Financial Express , The Independent ifg.CC

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