Is There A Relationship Between ICT, Health, Education And Development? An Empirical Analysis of five West African Countries from 1997–2003

Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-11

  Ngwenyama, Ojelanki ^a   Andoh Baidoo, Francis K ^b   Bollou, Felix ^a   Morawczynski, Olga ^c  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

African Nations; Economic Development; ICT and Development; Regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548214846     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16814835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2006.tb00150.x     Document Type: Article

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