03095nam 2200697Ia 450 991045545390332120200520144314.01-282-23254-197866122325410-8213-8020-6(CKB)1000000000787413(EBL)459503(OCoLC)431327983(SSID)ssj0000089391(PQKBManifestationID)11127039(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000089391(PQKBWorkID)10088959(PQKB)11570915(MiAaPQ)EBC459503(MiAaPQ)EBC4978716(Au-PeEL)EBL459503(CaPaEBR)ebr10315980(CaONFJC)MIL224986(Au-PeEL)EBL4978716(CaONFJC)MIL223254(EXLCZ)99100000000078741320090520d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRural informatization in China[electronic resource] /Christine Zhen-Wei Qiang ... [et al.]Washington, DC World Bank20091 online resource (70 p.)World Bank working paper ;no. 172Description based upon print version of record.0-8213-8018-4 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; AppendixesChina'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 paradiWorld Bank working paper ;no. 172.Information technologyEconomic aspectsChinaInformation technologyGovernment policyChinaRural developmentChinaInformation superhighwayChinaTelecommunication policyChinaElectronic books.Information technologyEconomic aspectsInformation technologyGovernment policyRural developmentInformation superhighwayTelecommunication policy303.48/330951091734Qiang Christine Zhen-Wei700289MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455453903321Rural informatization in China2477100UNINA