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Public Service Innovation Towards Smart Villages: Between Expectation and Realisation in Melikan Village

“…Nevertheless, some rural areas still experience problems in service delivery due to a lack of innovative residents and leaders and public funding to support such activities. The Covid-19 pandemic crisis has also exacerbated this public service situation in some areas (McGinn & Solofa, 2020). Nevertheless, a few rural communities have discovered innovative technological solutions to provide services effectively.…”

“…The availability of advanced ICT services and infrastructure is strongly associated with the increasing accessibility of high-speed internet in certain regions (McGinn & Solofa, 2020). This enables rural areas to gain better access to various types of public services, including e-government, e-health, e-energy, and e-transportation (Monjurul Alam et al, 2021).…”

“…It also utilises the potential of the digital economy and widely relevant public services. Previous researchers have examined the parameters of smart village development, which builds on the long-term trend of developing an information society, called Society 4.0 (e.g., Adesipo et al, 2020;Jones et al, 2022;McGinn & Solofa, 2020;Monjurul Alam et al, 2021;Shukla et al, 2017;Smith et al, 2021). In Indonesia, the trend of using technology for the benefit of village life is also carried out, such as using applications for sales and marketing purposes (e.g., Fitrianti et al, 2021;Erwan et al, 2021;Nurkhasanah, 2019;Prafitri et al, 2018;Scabra, Marzuki, et al, 2021;Waluyo et al, 2020), or the use of technology to develop the potential of tourism villages (e.g., Alamsyah et al, 2019;Hasmawati et al, 2018;Scabra, Abdurrahman, et al, 2021).…”