Wiring the World: Access to Information Technology and Development in Poor Countries

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 23, Issue , 2005, Pages 369-392

  Bradshaw, York W ^a   Fallon, Kathleen M ^a   Viterna, Jocelyn ^a  

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EID: 33645903870     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0276-5624(05)23012-3     Document Type: Review

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