Public ICT Center for Rural Development : Inclusiveness, Sustainability, and Impact.

Public ICT Center for Rural Development : Inclusiveness, Sustainability, and Impact.

"Cybercafés play a key role in providing internet access to developing countries. This paper examines the challenges of internet connectivity in rural and remote areas and how cybercafés now serve as a model behind government efforts to set up telecenters to extend internet connectivity to ru...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Asian Development Bank
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Manila, Philippines : Asian Development Bank Institute, 2017.
Subjects:
Internet access > Asia.
Internet access > Developing countries.
Cybercafes > Social aspects > Asia.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Internet access
Asia
Developing countries
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Tables and Figures
  • Abstract
  • Acknowledgments
  • Executive Summary
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Part I. A Framework for Understanding the Rural ICT Center Challenge
  • A Common Objective
  • Sustainability, Resilience, and Impact
  • The Rural ICT Center Sustainability Challenge
  • High Costs of Service Supply
  • Insufficient Demand
  • Program Features
  • Funding and Incentives
  • Location Choices
  • ICT Center Services
  • Links between Program Features and Constraints
  • Part II. Program Types and Evidence Used
  • Private for Profit Initiatives
  • Cybercafés
  • S. Kumars
  • e-Choupals
  • n-logue
  • Government-Run Programs
  • Chile's BiblioRedes
  • Philippines Community e-Centers Case Study
  • Public-Private Partnerships
  • Chile's Experience with Reverse Auctions
  • Akshaya
  • Pusa Internet 1 Malaysia
  • Bangladesh's Union Digital Centers
  • Sri Lanka's Nenasala Case Study
  • Part III. User-Customer Profile
  • Age
  • Gender
  • Rural-Urban Divide
  • Occupation and Income
  • User Profiles Drive ICT Center Service Offer
  • Part IV. ICT Center Services
  • On-Site Services
  • Communications: Effect of Mobile and Home Use on ICT Center Demand
  • Basic Information and Communication Technology Skills Training
  • Office Services
  • Other Services
  • Services Using Content Produced Off-site
  • e-Government
  • Remedial Education
  • English Language Training
  • Agriculture
  • Health
  • Part V. Rural ICT Center Sustainability, Resilience, and Impact
  • Financial Self-Sustainability
  • Philippines
  • Sri Lanka
  • Resilience
  • Philippines
  • Sri Lanka
  • Effect off Location and Population on Resilience
  • Resilience and Center Type in Sri Lanka
  • Program Overreach in Sri Lanka?
  • Impact of Sri Lanka's Nenasala Program
  • User Perceptions
  • Operator Assessments
  • Impact and Closure Rates.
  • Part VI. Recommendations: ICT Centers for Rural Development
  • Should Rural ICT Center Programs be Supported?
  • Sustainability
  • Risks
  • Center Type
  • Location
  • Services
  • Access to Computers and the Internet
  • Basic Information and Communication Technology Skills Training
  • Remedial Education
  • English Language Training
  • e-Government
  • Agriculture
  • Gender Balance
  • Service Fees
  • Time Limited Subsidies
  • Digital Inclusion and the Future of Rural ICT Centers
  • References.

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