Broadband infrastructure investment in stimulus packages: Relevance for developing countries

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Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 41-56

  Qiang, Christine Zhen Wei ^a  

^a WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadband networks; Developing countries; Economic processes; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649326005     PISSN: 14636697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636691011027175     Document Type: Article

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