Abstract
Corruption is pervasive in Lebanon and it has increased rapidly in the country spreading in the public and the private sectors. Throughout its recent history, Lebanon has not implemented a healthy relationship between its public sector and its citizens and faces constant threat of war due to external and internal pressure and its failure to move away from consociationalism and sectarianism. Governments have failed in combating corruption over the last decades. This chapter suggests that enhancing proactive transparency and implementing E-government are effective ways to fight corruption and instill a culture of trust in the public sector. In this chapter we suggest the implementation of E-governance that goes beyond the use of ICT to face the recession that hits the country and the economic crisis. The efficiency of this policy promoting an open and digital government is conditional and depends on some institutional and administrative reforms that need to be implemented in order to promote good governance and revive economic growth in Lebanon.
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If the index is 1 it means that the country has a developed e-government system.
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Haykal, S.H. (2022). E-Governance: Toward a Framework for Curbing Corruption in Lebanon. In: Ali, H.E., Bhuiyan, S. (eds) Institutional Reforms, Governance, and Services Delivery in the Global South. International Series on Public Policy . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82257-6_7
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