ICTs and poverty reduction: User perspective study of rural Madhya Pradesh, India

European Journal of Development Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 448-461

  Tiwari, Meera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital divide; ICT; India; Rural poverty

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; HUMAN CAPITAL; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; POVERTY DETERMINANT; RURAL AREA;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MADHYA PRADESH; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 51249124628     PISSN: 09578811     EISSN: 17439728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09578810802245600     Document Type: Conference Paper

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