Assessment of the outcomes of e-government for good governance: A case of the Land Management Information System in Mozambique

International Journal of Electronic Governance

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 363-384

  Macueve, Gertrudes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Development; E government; Effectiveness; Good governance; Land management information system; LMIS; Mozambique; Participation; Responsiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897514482     PISSN: 17427509     EISSN: 17427517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEG.2008.022067     Document Type: Article

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