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Information technology in government: The Sierra Leone experience

This paper reports a part of the findings of a study commissioned by the Commonwealth Secretariat in 1987. The Commonwealth Secretariat—COMSEC—is responsible for the management of numerous development projects within the Commonwealth of Nations in what was the British Empire. The objective of this study was to find out the extent of use and impact of Information Technology (IT) in The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Ghana and Nigeria, with emphasis on the experience of government and its agencies. The study took me to The Gambia and Sierra Leone on fact‐finding missions during May 1987. Approaches to th…