Hurdles in Rural E-government projects in India: Lessons for developing countries

Electronic Government

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-102

  Gorla, Narasimhaiah ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Developing countries; E government; Implementation hurdles; India; Rural E government projects

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149139301     PISSN: 17407494     EISSN: 17407508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EG.2008.016130     Document Type: Article

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