ICT intervention in the 'Chandanbari' Village of Bangladesh: Results from a field study

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-166

  Ashraf, Mahfuz ^a   Hanisch, Jo ^a   Swatman, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Chandanbari Village; Developing countries; Digital divide; Gonokendra; ICT intervention project

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; CHANDANBARI VILLAGE; DIGITAL DIVIDE; GONOKENDRA; ICT INTERVENTION/PROJECT;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; RURAL AREAS;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 67649118779     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10796-008-9133-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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