Evaluating digital inclusion projects: a livelihood approach

International Journal of Knowledge and Learning

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 592-611

  Molla, Alemayehu ^a   Saheer, Al Jaghoub ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AL AHLIYYA AMMAN UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

digital divide; digital inclusion; ICTs and development; impact evaluation; Jordan; livelihood framework

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649103663     PISSN: 17411009     EISSN: 17411017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJKL.2007.016835     Document Type: Article

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