45 Governments experimenting Blockchain
2018 saw the growth of blockchain adoption to a new level. Everyday we hear news about blockchain practices across verticals and the public sector adoptions gained interest.
Governments are testing out and supporting innovative initiatives on different processes to improve the service offerings. This is a very positive sign among the negative citations. Consortium's and alliances are helping to achieve expected outcomes after the initial roll out.
Recent McKinsey & company report shows that the feasibility and impact of blockchain in public sector is very attractive.
This made us curious to see what’s happening around the globe. From several practices and trials by different countries we picked out some of the interesting areas each country is planning or working on. Here is the list of 48 early adopters and their implementation plans
- Argentina - Promote transparency in government affairs
- Australia - Data security
- Austria - Track government bonds
- Bahrain - Registration of vehicles
- Brazil - Curb fraud and corruption
- Cambodia - Promote efficient payment services
- Canada - Public transparency to government frameworks
- Chile - National energy grid
- China - Tracking charity donations
- Cyprus - Financial services
- Czech Republic - Battle fraud and corruption
- Denmark - Supply chain management
- Estonia - Digital identity services
- Finland - Employment data
- Georgia - Land register
- Ghana - Land administration
- Greece - Arbitration
- Hong Kong - Trade financing
- India - Tamper-proof degree certificates
- Israel - Cyber security
- Italy - Streamline public services
- Japan - Digital ID
- Kazakhstan - VAT administration system
- Kenya - Distribution of affordable housing
- Luxembourg - Reconcile legal environment
- Malta - Enhance public transportation
- Mauritius - Government and financial operations
- Mexico - Public tender
- Netherlands - Authorizations in health care process
- Papua New Guinea - Bring transparency in government services
- Poland - Public procurement
- Russia - State pension fund
- Saudi Arabia - Government services
- Sierra Leone - Digital ID system
- Singapore - Track all Singapore dollar transactions
- South Africa - Improve the delivery of government services
- South Korea - Community tokens and digital authentication services to the public
- Spain - Public administration
- Sweden - Property transactions
- Switzerland - Voting system
- Thailand - Integrity and audit-ability of government services
- Tunisia - School meals program
- UAE - Digital transactions
- Uganda - Boost public sector efficiency
- UK - Property transactions
- USA - Public transparency to government frameworks
Most solutions are intended to improve public transparency and bring in efficient transactions. As the expectations raise, the technology and the use cases are still in an evolving phase. With the risk and limitations, it is very exciting to see how the future unravels.
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