Assessing progress towards smart governance in Saudi Arabia

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ID22236252
AutoresAbdulaziz Aldegheishem (0000-0003-3287-5357, King Saud University, autor correspondente)
Ano2024
Volume11
Fascículo1
Data de publicação2024-06-14
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoHumanities and Social Sciences Communications (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2662-9992 • E-ISSN: 2662-9992
EditoraSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/s41599-024-03235-7
OpenAlexW4399685485
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas69

Smart governance is a powerful political instrument to enhance the quality of public decision-making. Saudi Arabia has established smart city strategies using Information Communication Technologies to improve the quality of life and facilitate sustainable development. This study assesses smart governance, based on identifying five distinct areas by means of sixteen indicators for smart governance performance. To this end, data was collected from public and international sources, as well as from the literature. The findings reveal that Saudi Arabia has achieved solid progress in this field. Two factors, the e-service system and spending on public services, have highly contributed to this improvement. Other factors, such as citizen participation, governmental organization, and political domain have also played an important role; however, there are still some challenges that need to be addressed

Business · Computer security · Corporate governance · Geography · Internet of Things · Knowledge management · Political science · Politics · Process management · Public domain · Public relations · Public service · Smart city · Computer Science · E-Government and Public Services · Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis · Smart Cities and Technologies