Can information and communications technology applications contribute to poverty reduction? Lessons from rural India

Information Technology for Development

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 73-84

  Cecchini, Simone ^a   Scott, Christopher ^b  

^a United Nations Economic Commission For Latin America and the Caribbean Chile   (Chile)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 83055168110     PISSN: 02681102     EISSN: 15540170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/itdj.1590100203     Document Type: Article

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