Sustainable Telecentres? Two cases from India

The Digital Challenge: Information Technology in the Development Context

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 124-135

  Harris, R W ^a   Kumar, A ^b   Balaji, V ^c  

^a Independent Consultant   (Hong Kong)

^b Kerala State Electronics Development Corporation Limited   (India)

^c INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

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