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Public ICT center for rural development : inclusiveness, sustainability, and impact.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Asian Development Bank
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Internet access.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (92 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Metro Manila, Philippines : Asian Development Bank, [2017]
- Summary:
- Cybercafés play a key role in providing internet access to developing countries. This paper examines the challenges of internet connectivity in rural and remote areas and how cybercafés now serve as a model behind government efforts to set up telecenters to extend internet connectivity to rural communities. Find out why telecenters remain popular as highlighted in two case studies: a government run initiative in the Philippines and a public-private partnership in Sri Lanka.
- Contents:
- Cover
- 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
- 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.
- Part 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
- Gender Balance
- Service Fees
- Time Limited Subsidies
- Digital Inclusion and the Future of Rural ICT Centers
- References.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9789292578961
- 9292578960
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