INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT (ebook)

JEFFREY JAMES

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144
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Attempts to bring the benefits of information technology in the form of the internet to developing countries have, to date, foundered on the belief that this requires the beneficiaries to access the technology directly. As a result, the perceived huge benefits of such an enterprise have often failed to materialise.This original contribution to the

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