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Digital Government and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals: Towards an analytical framework

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Gianluca Misuraca,

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dg.o '21: Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research

Pages 473 - 478

https://doi.org/10.1145/3463677.3463736

Published: 09 June 2021 Publication History

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The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are shaping the global agenda by extending the notion of sustainability beyond the realm of environmental impact, to include economic divides, social inclusion, and institutional impacts in a coherent whole. Digital technology in general, and digital government initiatives in particular, can play a key role in supporting the achievement of these goals. In this paper, we focus on the relevance of the SDG agenda for digital government research. Based on our analysis of 291 studies in the area of digital government and sustainable development, we map examples of empirical studies against each of the 17 SDGs, highlighting foci and gaps in the existing body of research. Drawing on the findings, we provide inputs for a research agenda in digital government that systematically tackles the way digital government can help achieving the United Nations’ Agenda 2030.

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