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245	1	0	_aPublic ICT Center for Rural Development : _bInclusiveness, Sustainability, and Impact.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aManila : _bAsian Development Bank, _c2017.
264		4	_c©2017.
300			_a1 online resource (92 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aCover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Abstract -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I. A Framework for Understanding the Rural ICT Center Challenge -- A Common Objective -- Sustainability, Resilience, and Impact -- The Rural ICT Center Sustainability Challenge -- High Costs of Service Supply -- Insufficient Demand -- Program Features -- Funding and Incentives -- Location Choices -- ICT Center Services -- Links between Program Features and Constraints -- Part II. Program Types and Evidence Used -- Private for Profit Initiatives -- Cybercafés -- S. Kumars -- e-Choupals -- n-logue -- Government-Run Programs -- Chile's BiblioRedes -- Philippines Community e-Centers Case Study -- Public-Private Partnerships -- Chile's Experience with Reverse Auctions -- Akshaya -- Pusa Internet 1 Malaysia -- Bangladesh's Union Digital Centers -- Sri Lanka's Nenasala Case Study -- Part III. User-Customer Profile -- Age -- Gender -- Rural-Urban Divide -- Occupation and Income -- User Profiles Drive ICT Center Service Offer -- Part IV. ICT Center Services -- On-Site Services -- Communications: Effect of Mobile and Home Use on ICT Center Demand -- Basic Information and Communication Technology Skills Training -- Office Services -- Other Services -- Services Using Content Produced Off-site -- e-Government -- Remedial Education -- English Language Training -- Agriculture -- Health -- Part V. Rural ICT Center Sustainability, Resilience, and Impact -- Financial Self-Sustainability -- Philippines -- Sri Lanka -- Resilience -- Philippines -- Sri Lanka -- Effect off Location and Population on Resilience -- Resilience and Center Type in Sri Lanka -- Program Overreach in Sri Lanka? -- Impact of Sri Lanka's Nenasala Program -- User Perceptions -- Operator Assessments -- Impact and Closure Rates.
505	8		_aPart VI. Recommendations: ICT Centers for Rural Development -- Should Rural ICT Center Programs be Supported? -- Sustainability -- Risks -- Center Type -- Location -- Services -- Access to Computers and the Internet -- Basic Information and Communication Technology Skills Training -- Remedial Education -- English Language Training -- e-Government -- Agriculture -- Gender Balance -- Service Fees -- Time Limited Subsidies -- Digital Inclusion and the Future of Rural ICT Centers -- References.
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590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aInternet access.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _a _tPublic ICT Center for Rural Development _dManila : Asian Development Bank,c2017 _z9789292578954
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