E-Government policy and health information systems implementation in Andhra Pradesh, India: Need for articulation of linkages between the macro and the micro

Information Society

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 327-344

  Madon, Shirin ^a   Sahay, Sundeep ^b   Sudan, Randeep ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Andhra Pradesh; E government; Evaluation; Health information systems project

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348928237     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240701572764     Document Type: Article

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