ICTD state of the union: Where have we reached and where are we headed

2009 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, ICTD 2009 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 357-366

  Patra, Rabin ^a   Pal, Joyojeet ^b   Nedevschi, Sergiu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing world; ICTD

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC FIELDS; DEVELOPING WORLD; LITERATURE REVIEWS; RESEARCH AREAS; RESEARCH FIELDS; WORK IN PROGRESS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

RESEARCH;

EID: 77951521967     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2009.5426693     Document Type: Conference Paper

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