How open government affecting participation, corruption and economic growth? : a case study in east Java Province of Indonesia

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The development of information and communication technology (ICT) has laid growing pressure on the public sector and government and is expected to become more open, transparent and accountable. The Indonesian government is no exception. The country has launched Law No. 14 of 2008 on Freedom of Information to ensure implementation of open government in order to create a more transparent and accountable government
This research study concentrates on determining how the implementation of open government at local government level in Indonesia. According to statistical test from the citizens’ perception, how local government ensures citizens’ freedom to express their opinion, freedom of assembly and association and the government’s responsiveness to appear well implemented. However, the quality of information from the government, complaint mechanism and how the local government creates citizen engagement mechanism are the elements that need to be improved. There is still very low awareness on the citizens’ right to know any public information and the government’s open data is the lowest variable that critically needs improvement in an open government implementation according to the respondents’ perception.
This research study also tries to prove that the open government result theory from the World Bank, which states that the implementation of open government could increase the people’s participation and economic growth. In addition, it could also reduce corruption practice in government. The study revealed that implementation of open government positively can increase people’s participation and economic growth. However, in the East Java province of Indonesia not all of the elements of open government implementation have been positive in reducing corruption. According to citizens’ perception, freedom of expression, assembly and association results in a negative relationship with the government’s effort to reduce corruption. This study also proposes a policy for the local government to successfully implement an open government.