Developing Public Sector Growth through E-Government and Democracy A Detailed Analysis

Abstract

Public sector growth refers to the growth and development in the government-controlled departments and establishments. The industries and different sectors of a country that come under the influence of government come under public sector. E-government is actually the employment of innovative techniques and practices while performing several operations for the facilitation of citizens by the government. The core motive of using e-government practices to ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of those operations that are being performed for the public. Democracy refers to the right of citizens of a particular country in order to choose the leaders or government of their own choice based on the decision of majority. This study investigates promoting public sector growth through E-government adoption and democracy in ASEAN countries. Transparency rate and population factor are two important control variables which are induced in this research study. In the literature review section, previous related research studies have been indicated. The time-series data has been collected about concerned variables regarding ASEAN countries. The analyses portion includes unit root IPS, Pedroni cointegration and FMOLS regression and concluded that the hypotheses proposed by the researcher are accepted along with some share of impact of control variables. The researcher concluded that E-government and democracy positively impact public sector growth of ASEAN countries. At the last of this study, implications, limitations and future recommendations are also present. The implications include various theoretical, practical and policy making contexts. The future recommendations can be used by the future researchers so that they can increase the scope of their researches.