Making Botswana an information society: Current developments

Electronic Library

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 144-153

  Mutula, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Botswana; Government policy; Information Society

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC POLICY; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION SOCIETY;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 2442623471     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640470410533407     Document Type: Article

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