Information technology and broad-based development: Preliminary lessons from North India

World Development

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 591-607

  Kaushik, P D ^a   Singh, Nirvikar ^b  

^a Rajiv Gandhi Inst for Contem Stud   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

India; Information technology; Internet; Rural development; South Asia

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 1842781593     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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