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Donor Project funded ICT Initiatives in the Vocational and Technical Education (VTE) Sector of Asian Developing Countries: A Systems Approach to Managing Project Intervention Processes

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Donor Project funded ICT Initiatives in the Vocational and Technical Education (VTE) Sector of Asian Developing Countries: A Systems Approach to Managing Project Intervention Processes. / Gunawardena, G; Brown, David.
ICTs for Global Development and Sustainability: Practice and Applications. ed. / Jacques Steyn; Jean-Paul Van Belle; Eduardo Villanueva Mansilla. Hershey, Pa.: Information Science Reference, 2011. p. 269-301.

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Gunawardena, G & Brown, D 2011, Donor Project funded ICT Initiatives in the Vocational and Technical Education (VTE) Sector of Asian Developing Countries: A Systems Approach to Managing Project Intervention Processes. in J Steyn, J-P Van Belle & E Villanueva Mansilla (eds), ICTs for Global Development and Sustainability: Practice and Applications. Information Science Reference, Hershey, Pa., pp. 269-301. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-997-2.ch012

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Gunawardena, G., & Brown, D. (2011). Donor Project funded ICT Initiatives in the Vocational and Technical Education (VTE) Sector of Asian Developing Countries: A Systems Approach to Managing Project Intervention Processes. In J. Steyn, J-P. Van Belle, & E. Villanueva Mansilla (Eds.), ICTs for Global Development and Sustainability: Practice and Applications (pp. 269-301). Information Science Reference. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-997-2.ch012

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Gunawardena G, Brown D. Donor Project funded ICT Initiatives in the Vocational and Technical Education (VTE) Sector of Asian Developing Countries: A Systems Approach to Managing Project Intervention Processes. In Steyn J, Van Belle J-P, Villanueva Mansilla E, editors, ICTs for Global Development and Sustainability: Practice and Applications. Hershey, Pa.: Information Science Reference. 2011. p. 269-301 doi: 10.4018/978-1-61520-997-2.ch012

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Gunawardena, G ; Brown, David. / Donor Project funded ICT Initiatives in the Vocational and Technical Education (VTE) Sector of Asian Developing Countries: A Systems Approach to Managing Project Intervention Processes. ICTs for Global Development and Sustainability: Practice and Applications. editor / Jacques Steyn ; Jean-Paul Van Belle ; Eduardo Villanueva Mansilla. Hershey, Pa. : Information Science Reference, 2011. pp. 269-301

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