Pushed to the abyss of exclusion: ICT and social exclusion in developing countries

Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages 119-127

  Tambulasi, Richard I C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Developing countries; Public policy; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011006665     PISSN: 1477996X     EISSN: 17588871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14779960910955837     Document Type: Article

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