Bridging the digital divide: some initiatives in Brazil

Electronic Government

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 300-315

  Joia, Luiz Antonio ^a  

^a FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

digital divide; digital gap; infoexclusion; information society; IT equity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969452349     PISSN: 17407494     EISSN: 17407508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/eg.2004.005554     Document Type: Article

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