ICT4What? - Using the choice framework to operationalise the capability approach to development

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 108-117

  Kleine, Dorothea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amartya sen; Capability approach; Chile; Choice framework; ICT4D; Telecentres

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; HOLISTIC ANALYSIS; TELECENTRES;

EID: 77951609215     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2009.5426717     Document Type: Conference Paper

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