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Public sector digitalization, corruption, and sustainability in the developing world: A scoping review

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  • Andrea Gatto

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E‐government presents one of the utmost opportunities and challenges for development and offers solutions to tackle corruption. Corruption generates even erratic impacts in developing and transition economies. Developing and transition economies can dramatically benefit from related technological innovation uptake that would spur public sector transparency and sustainability. The intersections of these areas have not received full academic consideration and appear to be under‐explored. In addition to a review of the existing literature on these topics, this study applies extensive reliance on existing metrics and indexes, including those developed by the World Bank and Transparency International. By accentuating relevant and recent findings, the results of this study can be used for a better conceptualization of national or regional growth and development strategies based on the nexus between corruption and e‐government advances among developing and transition countries.

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  • Rob Kim Marjerison & Andrea Gatto, 2024. "Public sector digitalization, corruption, and sustainability in the developing world: A scoping review," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 32(5), pages 5627-5638, October.
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    DOI: 10.1002/sd.2900
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