Issues Affecting the Social Sustainability of Telecentres in Developing Contexts: A Field Study of Sixteen Telecentres in Jamaica

Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-18

  Bailey, Arlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

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EID: 78650409548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16814835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2009.tb00251.x     Document Type: Article

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