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This paper reviews the Malaysian approach in developing and implementing IT initiatives in the creation of information-rich society in the country. It also addresses various issues that have to be faced by a developing country in positioning itself towards achieving a fully-developed status nation by the year 2020.
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Kamsah, M., Mokhtar, S., Wood-Harper, A.T. (1997). National IT Initiatives and Development - The Malaysian Experience. In: McMaster, T., Mumford, E., Swanson, E.B., Warboys, B., Wastell, D. (eds) Facilitating Technology Transfer through Partnership. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35092-9_15
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