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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455453903321

Titolo

Rural informatization in China [[electronic resource] /] / Christine Zhen-Wei Qiang ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2009

ISBN

1-282-23254-1

9786612232541

0-8213-8020-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (70 p.)

Collana

World Bank working paper ; ; no. 172

Altri autori (Persone)

QiangChristine Zhen-Wei

Disciplina

303.48/330951091734

Soggetti

Information technology - Economic aspects - China

Information technology - Government policy - China

Rural development - China

Information superhighway - China

Telecommunication policy - China

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; 1. Introduction; 2. Development of China's Rural Information Infrastructure; Boxes; Tables; Figures; 3. Rural Informatization Initiatives and Organizational Models; 4. Lessons from International Experiences; 5. Challenges for Rural Informatization in China; 6. Recommendations; 7. Conclusions; Appendixes

Sommario/riassunto

China's recent economic growth has expanded industrialization and urbanization, upgraded consumption, increased social mobility, and initiated a shift from an economy based on agriculture to one based on industry and services. However, more than half of China's people still live in rural areas-where average income per capita is less than a third of the urban average.China has adopted a new development paradigm in its 11th Five-Year Plan (covering 2006-11), emphasizing the building of a Harmonious Society (he xie she hui) with more balanced development across regions. The new development paradi