TY - JOUR
T1 - A case study of geo - ICT for e - government in Nigeria : does computerisation reduce corruption in the provision of land administration services?
AU - Akingbade, A.O.
AU - Navarra, D.D.
AU - Georgiadou, P.Y.
AU - Zevenbergen, J.A.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This paper examines the role of the Abuja geographic information systems as an e-government policy initiative for promoting the reduction in corruption in the provision of e-land administration services and good governance in general. The paper explores the contribution of e-land administration with regard to the different forms of corruption (i.e. fraud, forgery, multiple applications, bribery, nepotism and favouritism, and white collar malpractice) as well as the different services (i.e. legal searches, recertification of titles, granting rights of occupancy, consent to alienate and regularisation of titles). Generally, our findings suggest that corruption was reduced with the introduction of electronic services for the verification of land records through legal searches and the recertification of land titles. Yet, other forms of corruption, such as nepotism and favouritism, are persistent and increasing.
AB - This paper examines the role of the Abuja geographic information systems as an e-government policy initiative for promoting the reduction in corruption in the provision of e-land administration services and good governance in general. The paper explores the contribution of e-land administration with regard to the different forms of corruption (i.e. fraud, forgery, multiple applications, bribery, nepotism and favouritism, and white collar malpractice) as well as the different services (i.e. legal searches, recertification of titles, granting rights of occupancy, consent to alienate and regularisation of titles). Generally, our findings suggest that corruption was reduced with the introduction of electronic services for the verification of land records through legal searches and the recertification of land titles. Yet, other forms of corruption, such as nepotism and favouritism, are persistent and increasing.
KW - METIS-293836
KW - IR-88929
KW - ITC-ISI-JOURNAL-ARTICLE
UR - https://ezproxy2.utwente.nl/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1752270611Y.0000000023
UR - https://ezproxy2.utwente.nl/login?url=https://webapps.itc.utwente.nl/library/2012/isi/akingbade_cas.pdf
U2 - 10.1179/1752270611Y.0000000023
DO - 10.1179/1752270611Y.0000000023
M3 - Article
VL - 44
SP - 290
EP - 300
JO - Survey review
JF - Survey review
SN - 0039-6265
IS - 327
ER -