Blockchain-enabled government efficiency and impartiality: using blockchain for targeted poverty alleviation in a city in China

IF 5.1 3区管理学 Q1 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES Information Technology for Development Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI:10.1080/02681102.2021.1925619

Xue Ning, R. Ramirez, J. Khuntia

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Blockchain technology has unique characteristics that make it a powerful application for transforming government processes and improving the management of public benefits. In this paper, we propose that a blockchain-enabled government can achieve higher levels of efficiency and impartiality compared to traditional and general digital government. These improvements can be achieved through blockchain’s impact on the accuracy, coordination, trust, and transparency of information-based processes. Propositions are examined using a blockchain-enabled program of targeted poverty alleviation in a major metropolitan city in China. An analysis of data from semi-structured interviews and public documents indicates that the blockchain-enabled government process, through the technology’s coordination and accuracy features, can improve the efficiency of targeted poverty alleviation work in the local government. In addition, we find that impartiality of a government program is improved through the transparency and trust that is enabled by the application of blockchain technology.

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区块链使政府效率和公正：在中国一个城市使用区块链进行精准扶贫

区块链技术以其独特的特点，在转变政府工作流程和改善公共利益管理方面具有强大的应用价值。在本文中，我们提出，与传统和一般数字政府相比，区块链政府可以实现更高水平的效率和公正性。这些改进可以通过区块链对基于信息的流程的准确性、协调性、信任和透明度的影响来实现。在中国的一个主要大都市，使用区块链支持的有针对性的扶贫计划来检查命题。对半结构化访谈和公开文件数据的分析表明，区块链政府流程通过技术的协调性和准确性，可以提高地方政府精准扶贫工作的效率。此外，我们发现通过区块链技术的应用所带来的透明度和信任，政府项目的公正性得到了提高。

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期刊介绍： Information Technology for Development , with an established record for publishing quality research and influencing practice, is the first journal to have explicitly addressed global information technology issues and opportunities. It publishes social and technical research on the effects of Information Technology (IT) on economic, social and human development. The objective of the Journal is to provide a forum for policy-makers, practitioners, and academics to discuss strategies and best practices, tools and techniques for ascertaining the effects of IT infrastructures in government, civil societies and the private sector, and theories and frameworks that explain the effects of IT on development. The concept of development relates to social, economic and human outcomes from the implementation of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools, technologies, and infrastructures. In addition to being a valuable publication in the field of information systems, Information Technology for Development is also cited in fields such as public administration, economics, and international development and business, and has a particularly large readership in international agencies connected to the Commonwealth Secretariat, United Nations, and World Bank.