Telecentres and transformations: Modernizing Tanzania through the internet

African Affairs

Volumn 105, Issue 419, 2006, Pages 243-264

  Mercer, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MODERNIZATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 33748034399     PISSN: 00019909     EISSN: 14682621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/afraf/adi087     Document Type: Article

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