Information use and policy decision making by district assembly members in Ghana

Information Development

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-42

  Fiankor, David Kobla ^a   Akussah, Harry ^b  

^a HO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

decision making; district assembly members; Ghana; information needs; information use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856615971     PISSN: 02666669     EISSN: 17416469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266666911428283     Document Type: Review

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