Image credit: UN – Photo: 2024 Share: By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN | NEW YORK | 21 September 2024 (IDN) — A new UN report has found a significant upward trend in the development of digital government worldwide as a result of increased private investment in resilient infrastructure and cutting-edge technologies. But the African region, least developed countries, and Small Island Developing States (SIDs) remain below the global average, which underscores the need for targeted efforts to bridge existing gaps and enabling them achive the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The 2024 edition of the United Nations E-Government Survey – Accelerating Digital Transformation for Sustainable Development, released at the UN headquarters in New York on 17 September shows on a global average the proportion of the population lagging in digital government development decreasing from 45.0 per cent in 2022 to 22.4 per cent in 2024. At the local level, the Survey continues to assess city portals using the Local Online Services Index (LOSI). The LOSI findings reflect steady progress but also highlight persistent disparities between national and local e-government performance, pointing to the need for focused initiatives to strengthen digital government at the municipal level. This 13th edition introduces the new […]