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Tax and Revenue Management: A government’s lifeblood

IT has provided the opportunities for governments to remodel the entire process of tax collection over the last decade. It is, however, a continuously evolving process and governments the world over need to constantly upgrade their tax systems to optimise their revenue workflows.

Unlocking Public Value

A recent SAP study confirmed that those organisations which adopt best practices in the areas of scope and adoption, process standardisation, technology and customer governance, do perform better, and do so as their best practice maturity increases.

Governments and Socialising

The advent of social media has seen governments hopping onto the bandwagon in a bid to further engage citizens.

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Korea lends Bangladesh US$200m for e-govt

The South Korean government will provide Bangladesh with a loan of US$200 million in the current 2008-09 fiscal (July 2008-June 2009). The fund will be used development of a national ICT infrastructure net for the Bangladeshi e-Government (Bangla GovNet).

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Under the Bangla GovNet project, all ministries, departments, divisions and offices of district and sub-districts will be brought under the same data network—meaning that data collection and handling costs will be driven out while services are sped up.

Under the Korea-Bangladesh agreement, projects will also be implemented to enhance the capacity of railway transportation, and power generation and distribution.

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