Chowdhury, Shyamal K. (author) and Bayes, Abdul (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2006
Published:
Bangladesh
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25436
Notes:
Pages 110-122 in Maximo Torero and Joachim von Braun (eds.), Information and communication technologies for development and poverty reduction: the potential of telecommunications. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland. 362 pages.
Bangladesh: Council on Library and Information Resources, Washington, D.C.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C24688
Notes:
14 pages., Describes activities of a recipient of the 2005 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Access to Learning Award. Shidhulai is a village in one of the country's flood-prone areas. Using specialized, indigenous boats, the villagers employed cellular technology and solar power to provide Internet access and online training to thousands of rural residents.
