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

Michael Minges, Kaoru Kimura, Natasha Beschorner, Robert Davies and Guanqin Zhang

No 18032 in World Bank Publications - Books from The World Bank Group

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Agriculture-Agricultural; Knowledge; &; Information; Systems; Information; and; Communication; Technologies-Broadcast; and; Media; Information; and; Communication; Technologies-ICT; Economics; Information; and; Communication; Technologies-ICT; Policy; and; Strategies; Information; and; Communication; Technologies-Poverty; Reduction; &; ICT; Information; and; Communication; Technologies-Rural; Information; &; Communications; Technologies; Rural; Development-Rural; Development; Knowledge; &; Information; Systems; Information; and; Communication; Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4648-0204-1
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