Sustainable telecentres for local development

Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 665-670

  Cocchiglia, Michele ^a  

^a E Government for Development Technical Unit   (Italy)

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EID: 84898393863     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-575-7.ch119     Document Type: Chapter

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