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that country, and the e-government services already in place, but should also look at
the ability the country has to afford the development of new e-government services
and the sociocultural appropriateness of any proposed services. To fail to do this
increases the risk that inappropriate investment and policy decisions are made.
There is also a need for greater attention to be paid by academic and industry
researchers to the causes for countries' differing levels of performance in
e-government development. Wealth and sociocultural factors clearly play a role,
but further investigation into how these factors influence e-government develop-
ment is necessary. Without it, the benefits promised by e-government will be more
difficult to realise, and perhaps not achieved at all.
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