The developmental promise of information and communications technology in India

Contemporary South Asia

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 103-119

  Pal, Joyojeet ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

INDIA;

EID: 0344961833     PISSN: 09584935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958493032000123399     Document Type: Article

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