Project management practice for rural ICT project sustainability in developing countries

2nd European Conference on Information Management and Evaluation, ECIME 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 351-361

  Pade, Caroline ^a   Mallinson, Brenda ^a   Sewry, Dave ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Information and communication technology; Project management; Rural development; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGIONAL PLANNING; RURAL AREAS;

CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; PROJECT SUSTAINABILITY; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84855369764     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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