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    2. Applying the lessons of participatory communication and training to rural telecentres

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Crowder, L. Van (author), Truelove, Wendy (author), Jon Anderson (author), and Dion, David (author)
    Format:
    Paper
    Publication Date:
    1999-07-28
    Published:
    Italy
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 114 Document Number: C11358
    Journal Title Details:
    6 pages
    Notes:
    Sustainable Development Department, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy.

    4. Digital development in rural areas: potentials and pitfalls

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Malecki, Edward J. (author / The Ohio State University)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2003-04
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23448
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Rural Studies
    Journal Title Details:
    19(2) : 201-214
    Notes:
    The potential for rural areas to benefit from telecommunications technology is a persistent question. This article examines data for the USA concerning the "digital divide" and access of residences and businesses, which tend to suggest that all is (or will soon be) well. The article also presents data on aspects of digital infrastructure in rural America, including points of presence and digital telephone switches, which suggest that there are major shortcomings in most rural communities. Demand aggregation is a possible solution, but more serious pitfalls are those related to shortages of human capital. These might be resolved in some rural places, where immigration and return migration bring needed cerebral inputs to rural areas. A final set of improvements concerns how businesses use the Internet and e-commerce. In the end, telecommunications is not a "quick fix" solution for rural development, and the desired improvements will be limited to a fraction of rural places.

    8. The Internet and rural and agricultural development

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Richardson, Don (author)
    Format:
    Paper
    Publication Date:
    1999-07-25
    Published:
    Italy
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 114 Document Number: C11359
    Journal Title Details:
    5 pages
    Notes:
    Sustainable Development Department, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy.

    10. The internet in developing nations : grand challenges

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Press, Larry (author) and University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2004-04
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: C20323
    Journal Title:
    First Monday
    Journal Title Details:
    9 (4)
    Notes:
    saved elecontronically, ISSN 1396-0466