Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) Policy for change and the Mask for Development: A Critical Analysis of Zimbabwe's E-Readiness Survey Report

Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-16

  Mhlanga, Brilliant ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

e Readiness survey; indigenous knowledge system; information communication technologies; infrastructure; sectoral policies; technological determinism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960047093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16814835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2006.tb00185.x     Document Type: Article

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