Examining e-literacy using telecenters as public spending: The case of akshaya

2007 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, ICTD 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Pal, Joyojeet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing nations; Human factors; Rural areas; Technology social factors

Indexed keywords

COMPARISON GROUP; DEVELOPING NATIONS; E-LITERACY; HUMAN FACTORS; SERVICE DELIVERY; TELECENTERS; UNIQUE FEATURES;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; RURAL AREAS;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 67650565818     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2007.4937392     Document Type: Conference Paper

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