A catalogue of remarkable mercies conferred upon the seven associated counties [[electronic resource] ] : viz. Cambridge, Essex, Hartford, Huntingdon, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Lincoln. Printed by the command of the Right Honourable Edvvard, Earl of Manchester, the Major Generall thereof, and the committee now residing in Cambridge: and appointed to be published in the severall parish-churches of the aforenamed counties, upon the fourteenth of April, that almighty God may by solemne thanksgiving have the glorie due unto his name. Hereunto is annexed an order for the more solemne keeping of the publick fast

• Record Nr.: UNISA996390763703316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Cambridge, : s.n.], Anno dom. 1644
• Descrizione fisica: [12] p
• Soggetti: God - Mercy; Great Britain Civil War, 1642-1649 Early works to 1800
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Place of publication from Wing CD-ROM.; Signatures: A⁴ chi²; Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
• Sommario/riassunto: eebo-0018

Information and communications in the Chinese countryside : a study of three provinces / / Michael Minges [and four others] ; cover design, Debra Naylor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786904903321
• Autore: Minges Michael
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, District of Columbia : , : World Bank, , 2014; 2014
• ISBN: 1-4648-0205-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 79 pages) : color illustrations, maps ; ; 26 cm
• Collana: A World Bank Study
• Disciplina: 338.040951
• Soggetti: Entrepreneurship - China; China Rural conditions; China
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; Note; Tables; Table ES.1 Policy Matrix of Recommendations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Interventions to Reduce the Urban-Rural Digital Divide; Central Government Rural Informatization Initiatives; Figures; Figure 2.1 Internet Users per 100 People in China, 2005-12; Table 2.1 China's ICT Statistics, 2012; Figure 2.2 Percentage of Villages with Telephone Services and Computers per 100 Rural Households; Rural ICT Interventions in the Three Provinces; Boxes; Box 2.1 Hotline Numbers; Map; Map 2.1 The Three Provinces Covered by the ProgramTable 2.2 Basic Indicators in the Three Provinces; Figure 2.3 Multifunctional Information Service Station: Guizhou Province; Figure 2.4 ICT Applications in Jilin Agricultural Economics Information Center Company; Figure 2.5 ICT in a Community Center, Shandong; Observations; Notes; Box 2.2 Rural ICT in Other Provinces; Chapter 3The Demand for ICT in Rural China; Key Findings; Figure 3.1 Village Infrastructure and Household ICT Devices, 2011; Figure 3.2 Use and Nonuse of the Internet, 2011; Figure 3.3 Individual Mobile Phone Ownership and Use, 2011Figure 3.4 Main Uses of the Internet, 2011; Figure 3.5 Public Internet Facilities, Availability and Usage, 2011; Figure 3.6 Public Internet Facilities, Location and Management, 2011; Figure 3.7 Private Internet Café, Jilin Province and Distribution of Users, Public Access Facilities, 2011; Observations; Figure 3.8 Sources of Information and Use of Internet Services, 2011; Note; Chapter 4 ICT in Rural Schools; National Initiatives for ICTs in Schools; Table 4.1 Number of Primary and Junior Secondary Schools, Students, and Teachers, 2012; Findings from SurveysTable 4.2 Number of Computers per 100 Students and Percentage of Digital Campuses, 2010; Figure 4.1 Equipment and Facilities in School Surveyed by Province, 2011; Table 4.3 Computer Use in Beijing and Shaanxi Public Schools, 2010; Observations; Figure 4.2 Percentage of Age Group Using the Internet and Distribution of Internet Users by Educational Attainment, 2012; Box 4.1 One-to-One Computing in China; Notes; Chapter 5Public Library Landscape; Chinese Public Library System; Figure 5.1 Scope of CIRSP; Figure 5.2 Public Library Cards and Distribution by Jurisdiction; Figure 5.3 Computers and Terminals in Electronic Media Reading Rooms in Public LibrariesLibrary Survey; Table 5.1 Average Membership Per Capita by Province and Library Level; Observations; Figure 5.4 Availability and Visits to Libraries in Rural Areas of Three Chinese Provinces; Notes; Chapter 6Impact Assessment; Box 6.1 Use of ICT to Raise Incomes in Rural China; Description of Interventions; Findings; Figure 6.1 Financial and Nonfinancial Benefits from Rural ICT Interventions; Figure 6.2 Frequency of Use of Rural ICT Interventions; Figure 6.3 Characteristics of Users of Rural ICT Interventions
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.