Re-thinking Information and Communications Technology Policy Focus on Internet versus Teledensity Diffusion for Africa's Least Developed Countries

Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-13

  Mbarika, Victor W A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Digital Divide; Internet; Least Developed Countries; Telecommunications infrastructure; Teledensity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869111222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16814835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2002.tb00051.x     Document Type: Article

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