The least developed countries: ICT landscape and possible directions of support
- Authors: Egerev S.V.1
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Affiliations:
- Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: No 6 (2023)
- Pages: 60-74
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0869-0499/article/view/249615
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0869049923060059
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/MRFWZK
- ID: 249615
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About the authors
Sergey V. Egerev
Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: segerev@gmail.com
Moscow, Russia
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