A statistical analysis of the construction of the United Nations E-Government Development Index

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 68-75

  Whitmore, Andrew ^a  

^a SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; E government; Indexing; Ranking; United nations

Indexed keywords

EID: 83055180466     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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