Multipurpose community telecentres in Bangladesh: Problems and prospects

Electronic Library

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 537-563

  Islam, Shariful ^a   Hasan, Nazmul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Information centres; Internet; Radio; Telephone; Television

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650122866     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640470910966952     Document Type: Review

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