Governance lessons from the experience of telecentres in Kerala

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 401-416

  Madon, Shirin ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Akshaya; Governance reform; Kerala; Sociology of governance; Telecentres

Indexed keywords

EID: 28244467512     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000576     Document Type: Article

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