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Bahrain among top 25 eGovernment leaders worldwide

MANAMA, December 31, 2014

Bahrain has been ranked among the top 25 eGovernment leaders in the world, according to the UN eGovernment Survey 2014.

Bahrain is the only Arab country to feature in this category of advanced countries which have a very good development rate on the eGovernment Development Index, said the Gulf Daily News (GDN), our sister publication.

South Korea has retained the top spot this year with its continued leadership and focus on eGovernment innovation.

Australia (second) and Singapore (third) have both improved their rankings considerably over their 2012 performance.

Bahrain was ranked 18th out of 193 UN member states, followed by Iceland, Austria, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg and Belgium.

“The global achievement acknowledges Bahrain’s landmark eGovernment strides,” said Education Minister Dr Majid Al Nuaimi as he received a copy of the survey from eGovernment Authority chief executive Mohammed Al Qaed. - TradeArabia News Service




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