Digital divide: Determinants and policies with special reference to Asia

Journal of Asian Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 811-825

  Quibria, M G ^a   Ahmed, Shamsun N ^b,c   Tschang, Ted ^d   Reyes Macasaquit, Mari Len ^e  

^a ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^d SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e Philippines Inst of Dev Studies   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Asia; Digital divide; Education; Information and communication technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037212203     PISSN: 10490078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-0078(02)00186-0     Document Type: Article

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