Carving a Niche: ICT, social capital, and trust in the shift from personal to impersonal trading in Tanzania

Information Technology for Development

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 283-301

  Molony, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Enterprise development; Information and Communication Technology; Social capital; Trust; Women

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

AFRICA; ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; SOCIAL CAPITALS; TRUST; WOMEN;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 70350234564     PISSN: 02681102     EISSN: 15540170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/itdj.20127     Document Type: Article

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