Tracing the path towards a digital government in Peru

This chapter provides a general overview of Peru’s digital government efforts and contextualises the collaboration of the OECD and the Government of Peru. More specifically, it advances the OECD’s analytical framework for digital government strategies and provides a long-term view on the partnership of the OECD and Peru in driving enabling policies for the successful use of digital technologies to deliver better government. In addition, this chapter also provides a broad picture of Peru’s socio-economic context and the levels of connectivity and ICT penetration, helping the reader better grasp the environment in which digital government policies are being adopted. Finally, the chapter closes by presenting a timeline of most important milestones in the evolution of digital government in the country.