Shared Access for Inclusive Society

Nagy K. Hanna ()
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Nagy K. Hanna: University of Maryland

Chapter Chapter 10 in e-Transformation: Enabling New Development Strategies, 2010, pp 235-248 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Many developing countries must rely on shared access models to ensure affordable connectivity and access to ICT tools (UNCTAD, 2003; Fillip and Foote, 2007). Community telecenters (also known as public Internet access points or PIAP, information centers, kiosks, cybercafé, and multi-purpose telecenters) have increasingly become critical components of broader strategies to deliver universal access and extend connectivity to rural, disadvantaged, and remote areas in developing and transitional countries. Even more importantly, telecenters are emerging as vital development and poverty reduction tools. They can serve as means to deliver government services to poor and rural regions, provide vital information and new business opportunities for SMEs, and enable community-driven development through enhancing participation and capacity building at the grassroots level.

Keywords: Business Model; Participatory Rural Appraisal; Financial Sustainability; Local Entrepreneur; Shared Access (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1185-8_10

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