Bridging digital divide in Bangladesh: Study on Community Information Centers

Electronic Library

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 506-522

  Islam, Md Anwarul ^a   Tsuji, Keita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Digital Bangladesh; Digital divide; Information centres; Internet; Rural areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054928116     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640471111156768     Document Type: Article

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