Identification Systems Adoption in Africa; The Case of Ghana
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Citation for published version (APA): Adjei, J. K., & Tobbin, P. E. (2011). Identification Systems Adoption in Africa; The Case of Ghana. In J. Griesbaum, T. Mandl, & C. Womser-Hacker (Eds.), Information und Wissen: global, sozial und frei?: Proceedings des 12. Internationalen Symposiums für Informationswissenschaft (ISI 2011). (Vol. 58, pp. 410421). Chapter Session 10.Boizenburg: Verlag Werner Hülsbusch.
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