This volume examines the USSR's involvement in West Africa during the 1950s and 1960s as aid donor, trade partner, and political inspiration for the first post-independence governments in Ghana, Guinea, and Mali. Buoyed by solid economic performance in the 1950s, the USSR opened itself up to the...

Chapter 1: From Governance to e-Governance -- Chapter 2: Epistemology and Theoretical Explorations of e-Governance -- Chapter 3: Developmental Aspirations and Networked Readiness -- Chapter 4: Towards sustainability of e-governance -- Chapter 5: Information Technology and the Role of Government...