e-Government on the march in the Arab World: 12 Arab countries have already launched e-Government portals.

By end ofSeptember, 2009, 12 Arab countries had an electronic government portal, theseare; Bahrain, Egypt,Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon,Mauritania, Morocco, Qatar,Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia and the UAE. In a newreport, the Arab Advisors Group profiled and analyzed the Arab e-Governmentportals and their varying degree of progress and sophistication.

A new report"E-Government Initiatives in the Arab World 2009" was releasedto the Arab Advisors Group’s Telecoms Strategic Research Service subscribers onNovember, 12, 2009. This report can be purchased from the Arab Advisors Groupfor only US$ 950. The 69-pages report, which has 21 detailedexhibits, provides a comprehensive analysis of the e-Government initiativesin the Arab World. Please contact the Arab Advisors Group to get a copy of thereport’s Table of Contents. The Arab Advisors Group now avails a secureonline payment option for purchasing its reports.

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The report covered19 countries in the Arab world: Algeria,Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq,Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon,Libya, Mauritania, Morocco,Oman, Qatar, Palestine,Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria,Tunisia, UAE and Yemen. The ArabAdvisors Group’s analysis consists of an assessment of a total of 17 nationalgovernment portals for 11 Arab countries; Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait,Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia and the UAE(with the emirates of Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah and Ras Al Khaimahanalyzed separately).

The Arab Advisors Groupcompared the main e-Government portals based on the presence of variousfeatures dealing with information availability, service delivery and publicaccess. Seven out of the 17 Arab e-Government portals provide user onlinepayment and also offer the user a free email account. Furthermore, 12 Arabe-Government portals offer electronic services, 9 of which offer multiplee-services and 3 offer only one e-service.

"The Arab countries’ progress ine-Government services and initiatives varies widely. While in the United Arab Emirates there is a dedicatedgovernment portal for each emirate, UAE’s federal government website and Syria’sgovernment portal are still under construction." Ms. Zeena Al Borgan, ArabAdvisors' Research Analyst wrote in the report.

The Arab Advisors Group’s team of analysts inthe region has already produced close to 1,725 reports on the ArabWorld’s communications, media and financial markets. The reports can bepurchased individually or received through an annual subscription to ArabAdvisors Group’s (www.arabadvisors.com)Strategic Research Services (Media and Telecom). Todate, Arab Advisors Group has served 555 global and regional companies byproviding reliable research analysis and forecasts of Arab communicationsmarkets to these clients. Some of our clients can be viewed on http://www.arabadvisors.com/clients.htm