Mobile Phones and Development: An Analysis of IDRC-Supported Projects

Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-16

  Rashid, Ahmed T ^a   Elder, Laurent ^a  

^a IDRC   (Canada)

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EID: 85164793091     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16814835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2009.tb00249.x     Document Type: Article

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