Implementing e-government in Sri Lanka: Lessons from the UK

Information Technology for Development

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 171-192

  Weerakkody, Vishanth ^a   Dwivedi, Yogesh K ^b   Kurunananda, Asoka ^c  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Developing country; e government; e services; Language barriers; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFRASTRUCTURE AS A SERVICE (IAAS);

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; E- SERVICES; E-GOVERNMENT ADOPTIONS; E-GOVERNMENT SERVICES; GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; LANGUAGE BARRIERS; SRI LANKA;

E-GOVERNMENT;

EID: 70350586559     PISSN: 02681102     EISSN: 15540170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/itdj.20122     Document Type: Article

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