Examines five cases of rural areas that deployed information and communication technology programs. "There is little evidence that telecommunications lead to economic growth or that businesses in the communities are using ICT extensively." Instead, "the physical deployment of the hardware is not sufficient to achieve success."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23522
Notes:
In the e-book, E.Gelb and A. Offer (eds.), ICT in Agriculture: perspectives of technological innovation. Center for Agricultural Economic Research, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 14 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23514
Notes:
The New Agriculturist On-Line. 5 pages., Highlighted remarks from a seminar on this subject sponsored by the CTA (Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation in EU-ACP Countries), Government of Mozambique and the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium.
