Information technology, information systems and public sector accountability

Information Technology in Context: Studies from the Perspective of Developing Countries

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 201-219

  Heeks, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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