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| Nagy Hanna is principal operations officer in the World Bank's West Bank and Gaza Resident Mission. Ken Guy and Erik Arnold are directors, Technopolis, Technology Policy Consultants, Brighton, U.K. |
| Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data |
Hanna, Nagy.
The diffusion of information technology : experience of industrial
countries and lessons for developing countries / Nagy Hanna, Ken
Guy, Erik Arnold.
p. cm. (World Bank discussion papers ; 281)
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-8213-3216-3
1. Information technology. 2. Information technology Developing
countries. 3. Technology and state. 4. Technology and state
Developing countries. I. Guy, Ken, 1950- . II. Arnold, Erik.
III. Title. IV. Series.
T58.5.H36 1995
338.4'7004 dc20 95-7495
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