Information and Communication Technology: Gender Issues in Developing Nations
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Information and Communication Technology: Gender Issues in Developing Nations
As Developing Nations seek to leverage scarce resources toward the goal of achieving a developed status they must reevaluate past practices and explore available and affordable technologies. Where information and communication infrastructures are weak, use of low-cost, easily distributed technologies have proven effective. Still, many developing nations have failed to incorporate a resource in ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Informing Science: The International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1547-9684,1521-4672
DOI: 10.28945/522