05494oam 22006975 450 991078690490332120200520144314.01-4648-0205-X10.1596/978-1-4648-0204-1(CKB)3710000000109577(EBL)1695962(SSID)ssj0001305859(PQKBManifestationID)11736705(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001305859(PQKBWorkID)11274941(PQKB)11339923(MiAaPQ)EBC1695962(Au-PeEL)EBL1695962(CaPaEBR)ebr10865415(CaONFJC)MIL614009(OCoLC)880454847(The World Bank)18217093(US-djbf)18217093(EXLCZ)99371000000010957720140709h20142014 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentnrdamediancrdacarrierInformation and communications in the Chinese countryside a study of three provinces /Michael Minges [and four others] ; cover design, Debra NaylorWashington, District of Columbia :World Bank,2014.20141 online resource (xvi, 79 pages)color illustrations, maps ;26 cmA World Bank StudyDescription based upon print version of record.1-4648-0204-1 Includes bibliographical references.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; MapMap 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, 2011Figure 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, 2012Findings 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 JurisdictionFigure 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 InterventionsFigure 6.3 Characteristics of Users of Rural ICT InterventionsThe 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.World Bank e-Library.World Bank study.EntrepreneurshipChinaChinaRural conditionsChinafastEntrepreneurship338.040951Minges Michael1477694Minges MichaelNaylor DebraDLCDLCBOOK9910786904903321Information and communications in the Chinese countryside3693026UNINA