Impact and sustainability of E-government services in developing countries: Lessons learned from Tamil Nadu, India

Information Society

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-12

  Kumar, Rajendra ^a,c   Best, Michael L ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Apt 11A2 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

E Government; Impact; India; Information technology; International development; Rural development; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744998356     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240500388149     Document Type: Article

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