African states, bureaucratic culture and computer fixes

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-13

  Berman, Bruce J ^a   Tettey, Wisdom J ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; COLONIALISM; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; STATE ROLE;

EID: 0034996527     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pad.166     Document Type: Article

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