Hoque, Shah Mohammad SanaulQuraishi, Haseebullah2019-01-222019-01-2220182018-03ID 17172015http://hdl.handle.net/10361/11273This dissertation is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MA in Governance and Development, 2018.Cataloged from PDF version of dissertation report.Includes bibliographical references (page 46-48).This paper describes and introduces the master database system called the X-Road which is invented and initiated in Estonia. The regulations, requirements and structure of X-Road system are explained in this paper. Comparative examples are taken from countries Estonia and India especially concerning data transformation between government agencies. On the other hand, Afghanistan e-government strategies and its goals and objectives are explained and somehow, tried to build or connect this X-Road system to some of pilot e-services projects in Afghanistan or apply the X-Road system to overall e-government structure of Afghanistan. This paper explains some of the ongoing e-services projects such as e-post, eIND, and vehicle registration (VR) in Afghanistan. Issues and challenges are mentioned concerning current Afghan government situation and considering political instability in Afghanistan in addition concerning political ties with neighboring countries.48 pagesenBRAC University dissertation are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.AfghanistanData transparencyGovernment agenciesDissertation