Can trade liberalisation bridge the digital divide? Assessing the information technology agreement

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-53

  Joseph, K J ^a   Parayil, Govindan ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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