Gender, culture and ICT use in rural South India

Gender, Technology and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-155

  Best, Michael L ^a   Maier, Sylvia G ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 38749105468     PISSN: 09718524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097185240701100201     Document Type: Article

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