Publication: Strategic Electronic Government Procurement : Standards Framework
Date
2004-03
ISSN
Published
2004-03
Author(s)
Asian Development Bank
Inter-American Development Bank
World Bank
Abstract
Standards are the infrastructure of
commerce. Just as power networks and transport systems are
the infrastructure of economic production. The establishment
of each of these infrastructures forms a cornerstone for
modern economies. It is important that executives and
managers be able to appreciate and engage with these issues
if the risks to governments are to be managed. Web
architects and developers may recoil in horror that
government policy and leadership might intrude into these
issues. But government is an obvious leader, not suggesting
that it should or could regulate such standards, but because
of the significance of its choices for its own operations
and the weight that these carry in the economy. Government
leadership in this area is more often de facto than de jure,
but leadership nonetheless, which reflects the reality that
government represents more than one third of the economy in
most countries. This reality will be of particular
significance to developing countries seeking to accelerate
the technological activation of their economies and communities.
Citation
“Asian Development Bank; Inter-American Development Bank; World Bank. 2004. Strategic Electronic Government Procurement : Standards Framework. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/19030 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”