Electronic Government as an Element of the Digital Economy: Experience of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Abstract

The global trend of the world development is the strengthening of the strong-willed ICT usage processes as one of the driving forces for public administration refines. The electronic services sphere of the legislative and executive state power and administration bodies happens to be one of the basic components for organizational and technical system in the digital economy. Successful implementation of e-government development initiatives in Azerbaijan will help to reduce the volume of the shadow economy, the current level of which is the highest in the world. The article considers the initiatives of Azerbaijan Republic in e-government concept implementation. Necessity of further ICT development as a priority branch for countries sustainable progress and as the provision for the increasing demands of the society for ICT services and products as well as the growth of ICT implementation in all levels of the public administration and in the local authorities is substantiated as the main conclusion by author.