LEADER 05494oam 22006975 450 001 9910820907703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4648-0205-X 024 7 $a10.1596/978-1-4648-0204-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000109577 035 $a(EBL)1695962 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001305859 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11736705 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001305859 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11274941 035 $a(PQKB)11339923 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1695962 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1695962 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10865415 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL614009 035 $a(OCoLC)880454847 035 $a(The World Bank)18217093 035 $a(US-djbf)18217093 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000109577 100 $a20140709h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cn$2rdamedia 183 $anc$2rdacarrier 200 00$aInformation and communications in the Chinese countryside $ea study of three provinces /$fMichael Minges [and four others] ; cover design, Debra Naylor 210 1$aWashington, District of Columbia :$cWorld Bank,$d2014. 210 4$d2014 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 79 pages)$ccolor illustrations, maps ;$d26 cm 225 1 $aA World Bank Study 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4648-0204-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aFront 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 327 $aMap 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 327 $aFigure 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 Cafe?, 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 327 $aFindings 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 327 $aFigure 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 327 $aFigure 6.3 Characteristics of Users of Rural ICT Interventions 330 3 $aThe report first summarizes the key findings from the following three studies in three provinces (Guizhou, Jilin, Shandong): (a) a demand survey to assess rural ICT access and attitudes; (b) a library study including scoping the status of ICT use in rural libraries; and (c) a limited impact evaluation to examine how ICT interventions have affected rural uers. Then the report addresses the challenges and policy recommendations of ICT use in the Chinese Countryside. 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 410 0$aWorld Bank study. 606 $aEntrepreneurship$zChina 607 $aChina$xRural conditions 607 $aChina$2fast 615 0$aEntrepreneurship 676 $a338.040951 700 $aMinges$b Michael$01628106 702 $aMinges$b Michael 702 $aNaylor$b Debra 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820907703321 996 $aInformation and communications in the Chinese countryside$94021580 997 $aUNINA