strategy, Policy, and Legal Barriers to E-Gov in Afghanistan Dataset

This research aims to identify the strategy, policy, and legal obstacles facing the implementation of E-Gov in Afghanistan from the perspective of the government employee. Accordingly, an empirical study was conducted using statistical and descriptive analysis research methods to determine the existing strategy, policy, and legal barriers. The literature review on the subject showed that while there have been several papers focusing on obstacles to E-Gov in developing countries, including Afghanistan, few studies have focused specifically on strategy, policy, and the legal barriers to E-Gov within the public sector of Afghanistan. This study takes as its sample a total of 387 employees from 10 different government institutions in Afghanistan. The final results of the analysis indicate that respondents agreed on the existence of all the strategy, policy, and legal barriers listed in the survey. However, of interest was that four obstacles out of 11 rated either agreed or strongly agreed by respondents; that is, the absence of implementation guidance for E-Gov Projects (57.82%); lack of legal bases and comprehensive policy (58.35%); lack of security rules, policies and privacy law (58.39%); and lack of political commitment and coordination (58.34%), all of which were considered significant barriers. Therefore, the findings of this paper contribute towards filling the knowledge gap of E-Gov sector strategy, policy, and legal barriers. Furthermore, the results of the survey confirm the hypothesis that strategy, policy and legal barriers are among the major challenges facing effective implementation of E-Gov initiatives.

本研究旨在从政府雇员视角，识别阿富汗电子政务（E-Gov）实施过程中面临的战略、政策与法律障碍。据此，本研究采用统计分析与描述性分析的研究方法开展实证研究，以明确当前存在的电子政务战略、政策及法律障碍。针对该主题的文献综述显示，尽管已有多篇论文聚焦包括阿富汗在内的发展中国家电子政务实施障碍，但鲜有研究专门针对阿富汗公共部门内电子政务的战略、政策及法律障碍展开探讨。本研究的样本为阿富汗10家不同政府机构的共计387名雇员。分析的最终结果表明，受访雇员认可问卷中列出的全部战略、政策及法律障碍均真实存在。值得关注的是，在11项障碍中，有4项获得了受访雇员的同意或强烈同意，具体包括：电子政务项目缺乏实施指南（占比57.82%）、缺乏法律基础与全面政策框架（占比58.35%）、缺乏安全规则、政策与隐私法律（占比58.39%），以及缺乏政治承诺与协调机制（占比58.34%），上述四项均被视为重大障碍。因此，本研究成果有助于填补电子政务领域战略、政策及法律障碍相关研究的知识空白。此外，本次调研结果验证了“战略、政策与法律障碍是制约电子政务举措有效实施的主要挑战之一”这一研究假设。