e-Government readiness: From the design table to the grass roots

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 232, Issue , 2007, Pages 225-232

  Rahman, Hakikur ^a  

^a SchoolNet Foundation   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Digital divide; e Governance; e Government; e Government readiness; e Readiness; ICT

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKERS; DESIGN TABLES; DIGITAL DIVIDE; E-GOVERNANCE; E-GOVERNMENT; E-READINESS; E-READINESS ASSESSMENT; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL BENEFITS; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ESSENTIAL COMPONENT; GENERAL PUBLICS; GRASS ROOTS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; INTERNET CONNECTIVITY; KEY INDICATOR; LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS; MEASURING TOOLS; MICRO LEVEL; RELEVANT COMPONENTS; SOCIAL ENTERPRISE; WORLD BANK;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; INTERNET; LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 77953764805     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1328057.1328104     Document Type: Conference Paper

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