Environmental information systems in Sub-Saharan Africa : from innovation to management (English)

The development of Environmental Information Systems (EIS) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in the 1970s and 1980s was slow, in spite of several efforts to introduce the technology. However since 1990, growth has been phenomenal. Whereas, only one or two institutions in each country were previously active in EIS, over 500 EIS related projects are now under way, involving thousands of African experts, plus numerous development partners from non government...

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Y. A. provost. P. Gilruth;
Document Date
1999/02/27
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
54998
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1
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1
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Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/27
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Disclosed
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Environmental information systems in Sub-Saharan Africa : from innovation to management
Keywords
data architecture

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Y. A. provost. P. Gilruth.

Environmental information systems in Sub-Saharan Africa : from innovation to management (English). Africa Region findings ; no. 128 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/515351468008461679

Environmental information systems in Sub-Saharan Africa : from innovation to management (English)

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