Information, not technology, is essential to accountability: Electronic records and public-sector financial management

Information Society

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 247-258

  Barata, Kimberly ^a   Cain, Piers ^a  

^a Missenden Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Africa; Corruption; Electronic records; Financial management; Financial records; Records management

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016106582     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019722401753330841     Document Type: Article

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