Strategies for ICT use in the public sector in the least developed countries: A crosscountry analysis

ACIS 2005 Proceedings - 16th Australasian Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Imran, Ahmed ^a   Gregor, Shirley ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

E government; ICT adoption; ICT strategy; Least developed country (LDC); Public sector

Indexed keywords

E-GOVERNMENT; ICT ADOPTION; ICT STRATEGY; LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; PUBLIC SECTOR;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 84869121598     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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