Stages of design in technology for global development

Computer

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 34-41

  Donner, Jonathan ^a   Gandhi, Rikin ^a   Javid, Paul ^a   Medhi, Indrani ^a   Ratan, Aishwarya ^a   Toyama, Kentaro ^a   Veeraraghavan, Rajesh ^b  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH INDIA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Information and communication technologies; Technology for development

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249165267     PISSN: 00189162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MC.2008.203     Document Type: Article

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