Information and Communications in the Chinese Countryside : A Study of Three Provinces

The report first summarizes the key findings from the following three studies in three provinces (Guizhou, Jilin, Shandong): (a) a demand survey to assess rural ICT access and attitudes; (b) a library study including scoping the status of ICT use in rural libraries; and (c) a limited impact evaluati...

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Main Authors:	Minges, Michael, Kimura, Kaoru, Beschorner, Natasha, Davies, Robert, Zhang, Guanqin
Format:	Publication
Language:	en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2014
Subjects:	ADSL ICT access rural connectivity affordability digital literacy distance learning e-commerce innovation market pricing information mobile phone mobile broadband public service delivery radio senior citizens smartphones text messaging
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18032

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spelling	okr-10986-180322021-04-23T14:03:41Z Information and Communications in the Chinese Countryside : A Study of Three Provinces Minges, Michael Kimura, Kaoru Beschorner, Natasha Davies, Robert Zhang, Guanqin ADSL ICT access rural connectivity affordability digital literacy distance learning e-commerce innovation market pricing information mobile phone mobile broadband public service delivery radio senior citizens smartphones text messaging The report first summarizes the key findings from the following three studies in three provinces (Guizhou, Jilin, Shandong): (a) a demand survey to assess rural ICT access and attitudes; (b) a library study including scoping the status of ICT use in rural libraries; and (c) a limited impact evaluation to examine how ICT interventions have affected rural uers. Then the report addresses the challenges and policy recommendations of ICT use in the Chinese Countryside. 2014-04-24T15:52:24Z 2014-04-24T15:52:24Z 2014-04-23 978-1-4648-0204-1 10.1596/978-1-4648-0204-1 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18032 en_US World Bank Studies; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific China
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description	The report first summarizes the key findings from the following three studies in three provinces (Guizhou, Jilin, Shandong): (a) a demand survey to assess rural ICT access and attitudes; (b) a library study including scoping the status of ICT use in rural libraries; and (c) a limited impact evaluation to examine how ICT interventions have affected rural uers. Then the report addresses the challenges and policy recommendations of ICT use in the Chinese Countryside.
format	Publications & Research :: Publication
author	Minges, Michael Kimura, Kaoru Beschorner, Natasha Davies, Robert Zhang, Guanqin
author_facet	Minges, Michael Kimura, Kaoru Beschorner, Natasha Davies, Robert Zhang, Guanqin
author_sort	Minges, Michael
title	Information and Communications in the Chinese Countryside : A Study of Three Provinces
title_short	Information and Communications in the Chinese Countryside : A Study of Three Provinces
title_full	Information and Communications in the Chinese Countryside : A Study of Three Provinces
title_fullStr	Information and Communications in the Chinese Countryside : A Study of Three Provinces
title_full_unstemmed	Information and Communications in the Chinese Countryside : A Study of Three Provinces
title_sort	information and communications in the chinese countryside : a study of three provinces
publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
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Information and Communications in the Chinese Countryside : A Study of Three Provinces

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