ICT Infrastructure Expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Analysis of Six West African Countries from 1995 to 2002

Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-16

  Bollou, Felix ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

DEA Analysis; Economic Development; ICT and Development; ICT Economics; Information Systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651215242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16814835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2006.tb00174.x     Document Type: Article

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