Unraveling the Impact of Investments in ICT, Education and Health on Development: An Analysis of Archival Data of Five West African Countries Using Regression Splines

Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-15

  Morawczynski, Olga ^a   Ngwenyama, Ojelanki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 67651243408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16814835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2007.tb00199.x     Document Type: Article

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