An analysis of African e-Government service websites

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-169

  Rorissa, Abebe ^a   Demissie, Dawit ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; e Government; Electronic government

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649183651     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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