Information And Communications In The Chinese Countryside: A Study Of Three Provinces (World Bank Studies)

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 users. Then the report addresses the challenges and policy recommendations of ICT use in the Chinese Countryside.

• • Author: Michael Minges, Kaoru Kimura, Natasha Beschorner, Robert Davies, Guanqing Zhang
• • Publisher: World Bank Publications
• • Publication Date: May 06, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 96 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1464802041
• • ISBN-13: 9781464802041