Some Determinants of the Existence of Government Websites in 853 Municipalities in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Pereira, Marcus Abílio; Amaral, Ernesto F. L.; Costa, Marcela Menezes

doi:10.1353/lar.2012.0036

Latin American Research Review

2012

DOI: 10.1353/lar.2012.0036

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Some Determinants of the Existence of Government Websites in 853 Municipalities in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Marcus Abílio Pereira¹,

Ernesto F. L. Amaral²,

Marcela Menezes Costa³

Abstract: This study evaluates whether 853 municipalities of Minas Gerais have developed one specifi c strategy of electronic government. We searched for municipalities that have websites for the executive branch, relating this information to a number of secondary data. These data include variables on the Municipal Human Development Index (HDI-M), municipal budgetary revenues, year of founding of municipalities, the mayor's party affi liation, and a public policy initiative related to the creation of municipal executive… Show more

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Government financial reporting as public accountability and transparency is important. Previous research show that almost all local government in Indonesia have their official website, which is active use as presenting news, local potentials, and local government services. Unfortunately, there are still limited local governments which are disclose their financial information as well as budgeting reports and financial statements on their websites. This research aims to explore whether political competition, local asset, local dependency, population density, and information openness award have influenced IFR practice in government in Indonesia. We investigate financial report and budget report as of internet financial reporting (IFR) data of 32 provincial government websites. Indonesia consists of 34 provinces, which are 32 provincial websites consistently accessible and use as sample in this research. The empirical results show that local dependency toward central government and Information Openness Award positively significant influence IFR practices in provincial level in Indonesia. There is no significant influenced of political competition, local asset and population density to IFR in Indonesia Provinces website. Our research contribution is to extend previous research by concerning Information Openness Award as independent variable which influenced to IFR practice in local government.

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Some Determinants of the Existence of Government Websites in 853 Municipalities in Minas Gerais, Brazil

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How Important is Twitter to Local Elections in Brazil? A Case Study of Fortaleza City Council

How Important is Twitter to Local Elections in Brazil? A Case Study of Fortaleza City Council

Exploring government internet financial reporting in Indonesia

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