Fighting Corruption and Poverty in Developing Countries

FIGHTING CORRUPTION AND POVERTY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 1
Fighting Corruption and Poverty in Developing Countries
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FIGHTING CORRUPTION AND POVERTY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 2
Seeking bribes and living in a corrupt society has become part and parcel of our everyday
life, especially in the developing countries. Most of the people in the developing countries live in
a poor state as their means of subsistence are scarce. Despite corruption being people’s lifestyle,
it has a great impact on the business world, especially in the procurement sector as the different
participants carry on their business in a corrupt manner. For instance, there have emerged
product brokers and discrimination in the field which is threatening and thus appropriate
measures are needed to help in eradicating this issue (Arpit, 2012 50). The main aim of this
project is to illuminate the rising progress, evolution, and promise of deploying e-procurement
and e-governance in fighting corruption and poverty in the developing countries.
E-governance is the application of ICT for delivering services provided by the
government, communication transactions, information exchange, integration of different systems
and services between the government and citizens or the business and not necessarily an internet
website belonging to the government (Ionescu, 2013 210). By deploying e-governance or ICT in
the developing countries will connect three parties ( the government, citizens and the business)
and at the same time will support activities and processes and thus efficiency and effectiveness
will be achieved. These electronic means stimulates good governance, which in turn eradicates
corruption as it focuses on better management of countries affairs at all levels (Bertot, 2010 266).
People in the developing countries will be able to interact with the government 24/7 without
waiting in lines which saves time and minimizes costs and the chances of direct corrupt activities
which in the long-run helps in eradicating poverty.
E-procurement can either be business to the government, consumer or another business
sale and buying of services, work, and supplies via the internet or other networking systems. E-
procurement offers an internet-based platform and it’s a tool created to advance efficiency and