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Science Technology & Society, Vol. 11, No. 2, 379-396 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/097172180601100205
© 2006 SAGE Publications

Research Notes

Information and Communication Technologies and Development in Ghana

James Dzisah

James Dzisah is at the Department of Sociology, University of Saskatchewan, 9 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SKS7N 5A5, Canada. E-mail: james.dzisah{at}usask.ca.

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