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Journal articles on the topic "Rural development - ICT"

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Phunde, Sangita B., Madhuri Godbole, and Supriya G. Sapa. "Green ICT for Rural Development." IBMRD's Journal of Management & Research 5, no. 1 (March 1, 2016): 55. http://dx.doi.org/10.17697/ibmrd/2016/v5i1/88681.

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Patel, Dr Satish. "ICT Approach and its Effectiveness for Sustainable Rural Development." Indian Journal of Applied Research 3, no. 6 (October 1, 2011): 478–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.15373/2249555x/june2013/159.

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Rumata, Vience Mutiara, and Awit Marwati Sakinah. "The Impact of Internet Information and Communication Literacy and Overload, as Well as Social Influence, on ICT Adoption by Rural Communities." Asia-Pacific Journal of Rural Development 30, no. 1-2 (December 2020): 155–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1018529120977250.

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The adoption of information and communications technology (ICT) for rural development remains a critical issue in developing countries like Indonesia. Broadband projects, both infrastructure- and literacy-related, have been launched to increase ICT access and usage in rural areas. However, the extent of ICT usage for community development in rural areas remains unclear, and therefore this deserves critical assessment. This article argues that the higher the ICT adoption (ICTA) in a rural community, the greater its benefits in terms of development. By exploring Internet information literacy (IIL), Internet communication literacy (ICL) and social influence (SI), this study aims to get a better understanding of the relative influence of these factors on ICTA in rural areas. Also, this study considers Internet information overload (IO) and communication overload (CO) as moderators between independent and dependent variables. This study has been conducted in Gubugklakah village, Malang, Indonesia, with a pre-existing telecentre in the community. Using the partial least squares (PLS) method, the study finds that the ICL and SI variables are considerably higher in terms of construct validity compared with other variables. Both IIL and ICL significantly determine ICTA behaviour. IO and CO may even weaken the relationship between information and communication literacy and ICTA.
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Kharel, Suman. "Information and Communication Technology for the Rural Development in Nepal." Tribhuvan University Journal 32, no. 2 (December 31, 2018): 177–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/tuj.v32i2.24714.

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The present article describes the significance of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for the rural development. It is based on the perception survey about ICT, suggesting that ICT can be very beneficial and powerful tool for facilitating rural development, particularly in the sectors of e-commerce, e-health, e-government services and the most important e-education, training, information and expertise exchange, experience sharing, communication and society engagement. Overall, ICT is an effective tool for the different dimension of rural development.
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MADAN, Pankaj, Vinay SHARMA, and Piyush SETH. "CAPABILITY’ DEVELOPMENT THROUGH ICT ENABLED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY DEVELOPMENT MODEL OF E-CHOUPAL." Journal of Business Economics and Management 17, no. 2 (April 8, 2016): 314–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/16111699.2012.747445.

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The purpose of this study is to check how ICT led business opportunity devel- opment model of ITC e-Choupal affected “Capability” development of the people in rural India. The survey of three different regions of India, included 319 e-Choupal beneficiaries and 10 ITC officials and elected representatives of villages. Statistical analysis revealed that Capability Enhancement of farmers depended on the extent to which farmers trusted and participated in ICT activities that varied based on their education level but specifically e-Choupal could generate only limited business opportunities for rural masses. However, the business opportunities definitely affected the capability enhancement parameters. The ICT enabled business models can be well used by corporates and governments of devel- oping economies in Asia and Africa for capability development of rural masses as these models provide new business opportunities for them. The field survey based framework showed how ICT based business opportunity development model of e-Choupal can affect the income, time and saving of farmers in developing economy.
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Kaimal, Mohankumar C. "ICT Supported Innovations; The New Perspectives for Lifelong Learning & Rural Development." Indian Journal of Applied Research 1, no. 3 (October 1, 2011): 715–217. http://dx.doi.org/10.15373/2249555x/dec2011/75.

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Amin, Mukhlis. "ICT FOR RURAL AREA DEVELOPMENT IN INDONESIA: A LITERATURE REVIEW." Journal of Information Technology and Its Utilization 1, no. 2 (December 17, 2018): 32. http://dx.doi.org/10.30818/jitu.1.2.1881.

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This paper discusses ICTs for the development of rural areas of Indonesia that have been carried out. This papaer review 37 papers related to ICT and rural area. The ICT model for development that is mostly carried out is telecenter models such as PLIK, MPLIK, Information Village and Integrated Broadband Village. The main problem faced by ICT for development is the problem of literacy, in addition to territorial problems. Both of these problems are challenges for ICTs for future development, especially in rural areas.
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Maumbe, Blessing M., and Julius Okello. "Uses of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Agriculture and Rural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa." International Journal of ICT Research and Development in Africa 1, no. 1 (January 2010): 1–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jictrda.2010010101.

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This paper presents a framework of the evolution of information and communication technology (ICT) applications in agriculture and rural development based on comparative experiences of South Africa and Kenya. The framework posits that full deployment of ICT in agriculture and rural development will be a culmination of several phases of changes that starts with e-government policy design, development and implementation. The paper argues that ICT use in agriculture and rural development is a powerful instrument for improving agricultural and rural development and standards of living throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. However, success in greater application of ICT in agriculture will require addressing impediments to adoption and diffusion. Such impediments include the lack of awareness, low literacy, infrastructure deficiencies (e.g. lack of electricity to charge electronic gadgets), language and cultural barriers in ICT usage, the low e-inclusivity and the need to cater for the special needs of some users. The paper reviews successful applications of ICT in agriculture and urges greater use of ICT-based interventions in agriculture as a vehicle for spurring rural development in Africa.
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Khandare, Anil. "Study of (ICT) for Rural Marketing & Development." IBMRD's Journal of Management & Research 5, no. 1 (March 1, 2016): 68. http://dx.doi.org/10.17697/ibmrd/2016/v5i1/88682.

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S.E.M., Masupeng. "ICT development in Botswana: Connectivity for rural communities." South African Journal of Information and Communication, no. 4 (2003): 0. http://dx.doi.org/10.23962/10539/19822.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Rural development - ICT"

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Pade, Caroline Ileje. "An investigation of ICT project management techniques for sustainable ICT projects in rural development." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002769.

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Poverty alleviation by means of rural development has become a priority among developing countries. In turn, rural development may be significantly enhanced and supported by Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), the use of which is highlighted by the emerging importance of information and knowledge as key strategic resources for social and economic development. An analysis of rural case studies where ICTs have been introduced, suggests that there are a number of barriers and constraints that are faced when taking advantage of these technologies. These include access to infrastructure, limited formal education, insufficient training and capacity building, financial and political constraints, and social and cultural challenges. These challenges threaten the success and sustainability of rural ICT projects. Sustainability is key to the effectiveness of a rural ICT project; therefore it is important to understand the concept and categories associated with ICT project sustainability in rural areas. The categories of sustainability which include social and cultural, institutional, economic, political, and technological, reveal critical success factors that need to be considered in the implementation and management of rural ICT projects. The project management discipline acknowledges the importance of understanding the project’s environment, particularly environmental factors associated with rural communities. The complexity of the environment therefore implies the need for a project to be undertaken in phases comprising the project life cycle. Project management practice for rural ICT project sustainability can therefore be examined, adapting the traditional project life cycle to a rural ICT project. A Rural ICT Project Life Cycle (RICT-PLC) that is sensitive to the critical success factors of sustainability is therefore proposed. In order to further investigate the phases of the life cycle of a rural ICT project, two case study investigations are explored: the Dwesa ICT community project, and the Rhodes University Mathematics Education Project (RUMEP) (MathsNet). A multiple case study analysis confirms the practices associated with the RICT-PLC model, and identifies additional characteristics, phases and practices associated with rural ICT projects. Finally, an enhanced RICT-PLC model is developed, that sets sustainability guidelines for ICT project management in rural areas and identifies the people, environments, technologies, systems, and requirements for ICTs to support rural development activities.
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Jere, Nobert Rangarirai. "A methodological framework for ICT roadmap development for rural areas." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1016147.

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The use of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) can support sustainable development within societies. ICTs have been supported by governments, private companies, non-governmental organisations, academic institutions and individuals. However, technological changes have made most ICT initiatives haphazard due to poor planning. There is no systematic plan on how to deploy services, infrastructure and devices especially in rural areas. For instance, in some cases, computers have been donated to communities in rural areas yet they are not being used, and ICT services have been deployed without the supporting ICT infrastructure. One of the solutions to addressing these ICT challenges is through the use of roadmaps to guide ICT solution implementation. This thesis proposes an ICT roadmap methodological framework to improve ICT roadmap development for rural ICT solutions. A composite methodological approach was employed in this research. This involves the use of qualitative research techniques such as participant observation, design exercises, workshops, focus groups and individual interviews supported by ethnographic studies. The Siyakhula Living Lab in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa was used as the case study. Studies were conducted to identify the current state of ICTs in rural areas, the future of ICTs and overview of roadmap developments. Rural users in South Africa, ICT experts in Europe and Africa, government officials and academic institutions were engaged to understand the current ICT planning, developments and needs. The author found that there are variations in individual ICT services required by rural users but, most ICT services in need fall mainly in the areas of health, education, entrepreneurship, agriculture and employment creation for rural people. These services require ICT devices and infrastructure which include computer peripherals, mobile phones, radios, televisions and wireless infrastructure, mobile infrastructure, satellites and broadcasting infrastructure respectively. It was found that the common future ICT projections expected in rural areas include: growth of mobile usage, social networking, increase internet services and localization of services. The roadmap framework is built based on the current state of ICTs, trends in ICTs, future technological projections and the plans currently been initiated in African continent. The ICT roadmap methodological focuses on how roadmaps could accommodate infrastructure, services and ICT devices to reach rural people. This should help rural users to be able to access public services within their respective communities using available ICT devices. ICT stakeholders could use the designed framework to improve the ICT roadmap development process for rural ICT users in Africa.
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Matodzi, T., ME Herselman, and HR Hay. "E- learning: an allay in the development of rural South African communities." Journal for New Generation Sciences:, 2007. http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1001262.

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Abstract The development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) technologies has changed the lives of human being throughout the world. Obviously differences exist on how these developments have impacted on developed and developing countries. E-learning is often viewed as a vehicle that can bridge the digital divide between rural and urban communities in sharing knowledge, enhancing educational qualifications, ensuring life-ling learning, contributing towards alleviating poverty and accompanying social social-economic problems. After assessing three community centres located in developing communities, the authors propose a model for the sustainable implementation of elearning in multi purpose community centres as a means to rural community developments.
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Mamba, Malungelo Siphiwosami Njinga. "A framework to guide development through ICT in rural areas in South Africa." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1007024.

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Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is widely regarded as a key tool for bringing about development to people who live in underserved areas. Technologies such as mobile phones and Wi-Fi are seen as advantageous because they can be made available to poor places without the cost of building extensive physical infrastructure. However, researchers argue that ICTs have failed to live up to their potential in the context of development. Researchers point out developing countries lack frameworks to guide them through the implementation of ICTs in this context. The objective of this study is to come up with a framework that can be used in rural areas in South Africa to implement ICT projects. The researcher interviewed individuals who have been directly involved in an ICT initiative in a rural setting in the Eastern Cape Province to learn from their experiences. The researcher also studied publications that have been produced from these initiatives in order to gain a richer understanding. The findings of the study show that participants share similar views about how ICT projects should be approached and implemented in rural areas in South Africa. The views are grouped according to similarity into themes and discussed in detail in the study. From these themes a framework that can help implement ICT projects in rural areas is developed.
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Krauss, Kirstin Ellard Max. "Ethical ICT research practice for community engagement in rural South Africa." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/39923.

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The research reported here evolved from the researcher’s ethnographic immersion in an ICT for Development (ICT4D) project in a deep rural part of South Africa. During ethnographic immersion, three key issues emerged from fieldwork. Firstly, the researcher realised his limited understanding of the worldview of research participants. Secondly, he realised his inability to appropriately and ethically do community entry and implement the ICT4D artefact (e.g. ICT4D training and policy), especially because of his limited understanding of the cultural context, underlying values, emancipatory concepts and interests, as well as incomplete insight into the oppressive circumstances that the people in the research setting find themselves in. The third issue relates to an inability to interpret and explain the collisions and conflicts that emerged from introducing, aligning, and implementing the ICT4D artefact. Through critical ethnographic methods and a critical orientation to knowledge, the researcher shows how these inabilities, collisions, and false consciousnesses emerged to be the result of cultural entrapment and ethnocentricity that he and the research participants suffered from. A key argument throughout this thesis is that the emancipation of the researcher is a precursor for the emancipation of the researched. The researcher thus asks: In what ways should ICT4D researchers and practitioners achieve self-emancipation, in order to ensure the ongoing emancipation and empowerment of the deep rural developing community in South Africa? The study subsequently argues the link between the topic of this thesis, namely the issue of ethical research practice, and the primary research question. A unique perspective on these problems is presented as the study looks at emancipatory ICT4D research and practice in context of a deep rural Zulu community in South Africa, and specifically the journey of social transformation that the researcher himself embarked on. The study retrospectively applies Bourdieu’s critical lineage to reflect on the research contribution and how the researcher was eventually able to construct adequate knowledge of the ICT4D social situation. Building onto the idea of critical reflexivity, the researcher argues that critical introspection should also be part of critical ICT4D research in South African contexts. Through confessional writing, the researcher describes experiential knowledge of the worldview collisions that emerged from ICT4D research and practice. In particular, manifestations of the collisions between the typical task-orientated or performance-orientated value system of Western-minded societies and the traditional loyalty-based value system or people-orientated culture of the Zulu people are described. The research contributes by challenging dominant ICT4D discourses and by arguing for an end to a line of ICT4D research and practice where outsiders with a Western task-orientated worldview, like the researcher himself, make unqualified and inadequate assumptions about their own position in ICT4D practice, and about their own understanding of how to “develop” traditional communities in South Africa through ICTs. Following Bourdieu, the researcher argues that one can only build an adequate understanding of the social situation through critical reflexivity, by making the necessary knowledge breaks, and by allowing oneself to be carried away by the game of ICT4D practice.
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Van, Stam Gertjan. "A strategy to make ICT accessible in rural Zambia: a case study of Macha." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013.

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The problem discussed in this dissertation is to gather evidence of good practice and derive strategy for the development of ICT access in rural Zambia. Access to ICT services is important, also in rural areas of Africa. The challenges are many. There is a distinct void in tangible descriptions of the realities of ICT Access in rural areas or actionable guidelines for practitioners. This study involves a case study in the rural areas of Zambia. It does so through ethnography involving 10 years of observation of aspects of ICT access in rural Macha, Zambia. In this community, emerging from an articulated vision, ICT access in the form of the Internet arrived in 2004. Macha Works with its ICT unit LinkNet provides the basis for this interpretive approach from within the rural cultural setting. The purpose of the study is to benefit the local rural community, addressing the fundamentals of reality to add to the body of knowledge. The study involves cross cultural interaction and takes a trans-disciplinary view on science. It involves Participative Action Learning and Research aimed at recognising the complex adaptive systems while being aligned with the ethics of the rural African environment. Emphasis is on the needs of the community, rather than of the individual utilising empirical evidence. The good practices in Macha that inform strategy to make ICT accessible in rural areas are: engaging the community, building relationships; workforce development, unlocking productivity; thought leadership, establishing authority.
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Marais, Mario Alphonso. "Social capital as a resource in the Village Operator model for rural broadband internet access and use." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60506.

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This study dealt with the issue of sustainability of ICT4D initiatives being a problem with few success stories (Heeks, 2002, Toyama, 2010). Many of these initiatives were planned and executed in a top-down fashion by large funders and governments, and these failures have stimulated the search for new strategies to achieve long-term sustainability. One possible approach is to consider the different levels of systems that are involved. The reasons for failure lie inside the scope of a project, within the community itself, and outside the community in the larger socio-economic system which includes the economy. A systems approach with respect to the analysis of the sustainability (or lack thereof) of development initiatives was therefore adopted. The Choice Framework of Dorothea Kleine (2010) was used since it is a systemic approach, developed in the study of ICT4D initiatives, that embraces the complexity of engaging with development paradigms, societal structures and personal agency. The research was done on a large South African government initiative, the Broadband-for-All (BB4All), community-based wireless mesh network project which aimed to provide a cost-effective way of enabling reliable broadband connectivity in rural areas. The project had two key aspects, the provision of a large-scale demonstrator of a wireless mesh network (WMN) as a broadband solution and the establishment of a Village Operator (VO) model to support access to and increase the use of the technology. The teachers and learners in more than 170 schools were the primary customers. Young people from local communities were trained as VOs to become local entrepreneurs (micro-enterprises) responsible for operating and supporting the BB4All service in their assigned cluster of schools and respective communities. The research focus was the sustainability of the VOs. The Choice Framework was used to provide a context for the research regarding the role played by social resources (social capital) in contributing to the sustainability of the VO micro-enterprises. In-depth interviews were held with all but one of the 15 VOs in order to develop an understanding of their social capital and the influence thereof on them as entrepreneurs. The importance and usefulness of social capital in supporting sustainability at VO and initiative level was analysed. Three major themes emerged that were analysed in detail, namely, the role of social capital, community service and social entrepreneurship, as well as the development of networks of innovation. At a theoretical level, the research reflected on implications of the findings for the role of social capital in the Choice Framework. At a practical level, considerations for using a social capital perspective in order to improve the conceptualisation, design, implementation and transfer of ICT4D initiatives for sustainability were developed.
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Holmgren, Annika. "Potentials and challenges in the provisioning of broadband services in Serengeti. : ICT for rural development - sustainability of a broadband island in rural Tanzania." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-33426.

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Access to high speed communication networks is taken for granted by many people in developed parts of the world. Broadband is becoming an integrated part of the modern infrastructure and Internet access is considered a human right in some of the most developed countries. Access to broadband communication networks has a lot of potential for undeveloped areas but is very rare in these locations. In places with poor transportation and bad roads efficient ways to communicate could make a great difference. In places where a national broadband network is missing dependency on national coordination can be circumvented by the creation of broadband islands with limited or no access to the Internet but high speed links locally. If relevant services are available locally this can drastically improve local communication. The ICT for rural development program (ICT4RD) aims to introduce sustainable broadband services in the Bunda and Serengeti districts in rural Tanzania through the creation of such a broadband island. For this purpose the two district capitals Bunda and Mugumu have been connected with a fiber optical line and a number of users have been connected in each town.  They also share a narrowband Internet link in Bunda with a capacity of 128/64 kbps that offers the users narrowband access to the internet. A number of services have also been installed on the servers in Bunda and Mugumu.The primary goals for this thesis is to improve the relevance of the current network for the local users through means of bandwidth optimization, improving the local content, implementing local services and identifying critical aspects to ensure long term sustainability. To achieve these goals a field study was performed at the pilot site in Tanzania and information gathered through interviews, observations and external research. Services and systems were prepared in Sweden and tested, implemented or demonstrated on site. Important activities performed on site included gathering of requirements for bandwidth optimization using a caching and proxy server, testing of a videoconferencing system for the healthcare sector and demonstration of a recently developed reporting system for the local governments. A great demand for local content especially for the educational and healthcare sectors was also identified. There are however problems and room for improvements in several areas to ensure the sustainability of the network. More users need to be connected for the network to have a potential of becoming financially sustainable in the long run. To achieve this, content and services offered should be relevant to potential users, issues with the stability and availability of the network need to be resolved, communication between different stakeholders need to be improved and efforts should be put on teaching local people how to use computers by educating them and offering free of charge or very cheap introductory access to computers courses.
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Ali, Liaqut. "How to make use of knowledge embedded in development practice by using ICT to sustain rural development? : Case Gilgit-Baltistan Pakistan." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Handelshögskolan vid Örebro universitet, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-16387.

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Mashinini, Mpostol Jeremia. "Towards the development of a grounded framework of context as tool for linking rural community development needs to ICT policy and implementation in the Dr J.S. Moroka Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46154.

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ICT policies instituted over a number of years by the South African Government have clearly failed to establish Information Communication for Development (ICT4D) initiatives amongst rural communities in South Africa. The author of this thesis argues that, for rural South African communities to reap the benefits of ICT4D initiatives, it would be necessary for the communities to empower themselves and to take ownership of initiatives to participate in the planned South African Information Society. Furthermore, the author argues that the success of the ICT4D initiatives depends very strongly on an understanding of the interaction of such initiatives with the social context at local community level. Some of the significant aspects of the social context at community level include an understanding of the roles of leadership, technology, economy, governance, social welfare, and stakeholders in these communities. Through a grounded methodology approach a theory of context was developed for the rural community in the Dr J.S. Moroka Municipality in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The elements of the framework that emerged were Leadership, Stakeholders, Governance, Social welfare, Economics and Technology (LSGSET). The resulting framework is proposed as a tool that can be used by the community members to interact with the role players who intend to implement ICT4D projects or policies that have an impact on the community. It should also assist policymakers while they develop contextualized policies and improve project managers’ understanding of the developmental impact of the implementation of ICT4D projects on communities. One of the contributions made by this thesis is to “bridge” this divide between policymakers and communities by explicitly framing the developmental discourses of the community as a framework for ICT4D engagement by policymakers and communities at local level.
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Books on the topic "Rural development - ICT"

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Alias, Nor Aziah. ICT Development for Social and Rural Connectedness. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2013.

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Alias, Nor Aziah. ICT Development for Social and Rural Connectedness. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6901-8.

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Lekoko, Rebecca Nthogo. Cases on developing countries and ICT integration: Rural community development. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference, 2012.

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Czapiewski, Konrad. Wykorzystanie ICT w rolnictwie Mazowsza - ujęcie przestrzenne: Use of ICT in Mazovian agriculture - spatial approach. Warszawa: PTG, 2012.

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ICT influences on human development, interaction, and collaboration. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference, 2013.

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Basavarajappa, K. P. E-grama kendra, a re-engineering model: ICT a channel for village economic development & community knowledge partnership. Bangalore: Indian Institute of Management, 2004.

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Misra, H. K. ICT initiatives for sustainable livelihood security: A demand-driven rural e-governance framework for scale-up. Anand: Institute of Rural Management Anand, 2006.

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Garai, Atanu. Taking ICT to every Indian village: Opportunities and challenges : a collection of four papers. New Delhi: OneWorld South Asia, 2006.

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Ratsamīthēt, Bō̜din. Thēknōlōyī sārasonthēt læ kānsư̄sān phư̄a kānphatthanā chonnabot yāng yangyư̄n: Information and communication technology (ICT) for sustainable rural development. Krung Thēp: Samnakphim Sǣngdāo, 2012.

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All India Seminar on ICT for Rural Development: Access and Applications (2009 Institution of Engineers, Udaipur Local Centre). ICT for rural development: Access and applications (ICTRD--2009) : all India seminar, the Computer Engineering Division, the Institution of Engineers (India), Udaipur, India, September 2009, proceedings. Edited by Singh Dharm 1963-, Institution of Engineers (India). Computer Engineering Division, and Institution of Engineers (India). Udaipur Local Centre. Udaipur: Institution of Engineers, Udaipur Local Centre, 2009.

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Book chapters on the topic "Rural development - ICT"

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Alias, Nor Aziah. "ICTD and Rural Connectedness." In ICT Development for Social and Rural Connectedness, 11–23. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6901-8_2.

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Alias, Nor Aziah. "A Case of Rural Connectedness: The Malaysian Rural Internet Center (RICs) Users’ Experience." In ICT Development for Social and Rural Connectedness, 25–44. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6901-8_3.

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Kumar, Prasant, Prashant Mittal, Ajay More, and Bushra Ahmed. "ICT Enabled Implementation of Rural Housing Scheme for Sustainable Rural Development." In Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 287–97. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0936-0_29.

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Alias, Nor Aziah. "An Overview of Connectedness." In ICT Development for Social and Rural Connectedness, 1–9. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6901-8_1.

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Chandra, Deka Ganesh, and Dutta Borah Malaya. "ICT Its Role in e-Governance and Rural Development." In Advances in Computing and Communications, 210–22. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22714-1_23.

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De Pascale, Gianluigi, Piermichele La Sala, Nicola Faccilongo, and Claudio Zaza. "ICT Tools by Farmers of Lucania Region in Italy." In Innovative Approaches and Applications for Sustainable Rural Development, 271–85. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02312-6_16.

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Kossingou, Ghislain Mervyl Saint-Juste, Nadege Gladys Ndassimba, Edgard Ndassimba, Kéba Gueye, and Samuel Ouya. "Study of Websocket Parent-Teachers/Qualified Teachers in Rural Areas: Case of Central African Republic." In Emerging Trends in ICT for Sustainable Development, 347–54. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53440-0_36.

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Duan, Meiying, Martyn Warren, Yunwen Lang, Shaokun Lu, and Linnan Yang. "AN ANALYSIS OF ICT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FRAMEWORK IN CHINESE RURAL AREAS." In Computer and Computing Technologies in Agriculture II, Volume 3, 1835–44. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0213-9_33.

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Thapa, Dhiraj, Dai Griffiths, and Ann L. Kolodziejski. "Constraining and Enabling Factors in the Use of ICT in Rural Schools in Nepal." In Information and Communication Technologies for Development, 102–13. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65828-1_9.

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Pade, Caroline, Brenda Mallinson, and David Sewry. "An Exploration of the Critical Success Factors for the Sustainability of Rural ICT Projects – The Dwesa Case Study." In Information Systems Development, 339–52. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68772-8_26.

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Conference papers on the topic "Rural development - ICT"

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RIVŽA, Baiba, and Ligita ĀZENA. "SMART SPECIALISATION DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PIERIGAS REGION (LATVIA)." In RURAL DEVELOPMENT. Aleksandras Stulginskis University, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.15544/rd.2017.221.

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There are two widely used “smart” concepts, often considered to be synonymous with one another - “smart city” and “smart specialisation”. The origin and initial meaning of each concept is different, although there are certain similarities. On the city level, multiple policy initiatives are oriented towards the concept of a “smart city”, which originally developed around the ICT infrastructure as a means to connect cities and thus provide opportunity for development. Recently the term “smart” has also found its way in regional policy. Therefore, it is necessary to interpret both concepts in a wider sense not limiting them only to meanings associated with technology. There is an empirical connection between smart specialisation development (in a wider sense) and introduction of smart cities (in a wider sense). But it does not mean that all regions (especially those with low manufacturing development index) should follow a strategy of research and development and/or hi-tech manufacturing. Smart development is a multi-dimensional concept, consisting of sustainable economic growth and sustainable city or regional development, based on the advantages of sustainable competition. It is also perceived as means to increase overall quality of life. This means that social and environmental capital also plays an important role together with infrastructural and ICT development.
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Angowski, Marek, Aneta JAROSZ-ANGOWSKA, and Marcin LIPOWSKI. "COMPARISON OF COMPUTERISATION AND INNOVATION ACTIVITY OF THE COMPANIES IN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS." In Rural Development 2015. Aleksandras Stulginskis University, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.15544/rd.2015.097.

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Over the last years, the economic and social structure of enterprises has undergone some important changes, especially because of the introduction of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). ICT is one of the fundamental elements driving the innovation and competitiveness of business activities which greatly influences the development of rural areas, both in economic and social terms. This publication focuses on the analysis and evaluation of the use of ICTs by enterprises in the Lubelskie Voivodeship with particular emphasis on rural areas. In the publication the authors use statistical analyses based on information from surveys conducted among entrepreneurs by the Marshal Office of the Lubelskie Voivodeship. The paper evaluates the following issues: the degree of computerisation of the company, the use of information technology in the company, the activity of the company on the Internet. The main objective of this study is to identify the relationship between the degree of computerisation and the company's innovation-oriented activities and to identify differences between companies located in urban and rural areas. The studies carried out have demonstrated that the differences in the computerisation of enterprises located in rural and urban areas are negligible and that there is a close relationship between the degree of computerisation and innovation in enterprises located in rural areas.
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Pētersone, Māra, and Kārlis Ketners. "Improvement of Customs and Tax Administration ICT System Performance." In Research for Rural Development, 2017. Latvia University of Agriculture, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.22616/rrd.23.2017.077.

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Stabingis, Linas, and Anna Látečková. "QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF SELECTED ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN SLOVAKIA." In RURAL DEVELOPMENT. Aleksandras Stulginskis University, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.15544/rd.2017.231.

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The quality assessment of accounting information systems (AIS) is complicated and important for scientific investigation. From theoretical point of view the difficulties lies in big amount of methods, proposed for AIS quality assessment. From practical points of view most of proposed methods are not suitable in particular situation and it is difficult to eliminate the subjectivity of respondents, participating in the survey. In the stage of monographic research it was made analysis of scientific publications, dealing with understanding of AIS quality in face with technological progress of information and communication technologies (ICT) and changing of requirements, declared by end-users. In the stage of empirical investigation it was provided questioning of specialists, participating in accounting data processing using three different kinds of applied software and working in small and medium size agri-food enterprises in Slovak Republic. For processing of received data it was used method of multi-criteria evaluation. Following results of investigation and recommendations provided in standard ISO/IEC 25041:2012 and previous scientific publications it was made assessment of quality of investigated systems, identified strengths and weaknesses of these systems and reliability of investigation.
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Arefjevs, Ilja, Aivars Spilbergs, Andris Natrins, Atis Verdenhofs, Inese Mavlutova, and Tatjana Volkova. "Financial sector evolution and competencies development in the context of information and communication technologies." In Research for Rural Development 2020. Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.22616/rrd.26.2020.038.

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The development of information and communication technologies (ICT) has a significant impact on the business model of companies operating in the financial sector. Digital transformation leads to changing existing business model rapidly, as well as necessity of developing new processes specifically related to the use of ICT in business processes, development of new products and updating existing ones. At present, changes in the demand for ICT related processes in financial sector are observed both through the development of different technologies and their applications core or ancillary processes (e.g. innovations in payment systems including crypto currencies, blockchain-assisted smart contract, credit markets and insurance including peer-to-peer lending). Based on the opportunities offered by ICT, new business models need to be developed in the financial sector to transform these capabilities into new products and services that respond to changing customer demand. The aim of research to investigate the changes taking place in financial sector in the light of developments in ICT for acquisition of necessary competencies. Research methodology includes systematic review of scientific literature, analysis of selected financial sector statistics, semi-structured industry expert interviews and statistics analysis. The empirical study is limited to the financial sector of Latvia. Although due to the global nature of the financial sector the research findings could be applied internationally.
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Pade-Khene, Caroline, and Dave Sewry. "Proposed stages of a rural ICT comprehensive evaluation framework in ICT for rural development projects." In the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists Conference. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2072221.2072269.

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Zeidmane, Anda. "Promotion of engineering skills using ICT in study process." In 19th International Scientific Conference Engineering for Rural Development. Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, Faculty of Engineering, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.22616/erdev.2020.19.tf505.

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Juditha, Christiany, and Maulia Jayantina Islami. "ICT Development Strategies for Farmer Communities in Rural Papua." In 2018 International Conference on ICT for Rural Development (IC-ICTRuDev). IEEE, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icictr.2018.8706869.

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Sari, Diana, Didit Praditya, and C. Suprapti Dwi Takariani. "ICT Development Strategy for Rural Areas in West Java." In 2018 International Conference on ICT for Rural Development (IC-ICTRuDev). IEEE, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icictr.2018.8706873.

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Nagy, Henrietta, Jozsef Kaposzta, and Adrienn Varga-Nagy. "Is ICT smartness possible development way for Hungarian rural areas?" In 17th International Scientific Conference Engineering for Rural Development. Latvia University of Agriculture, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.22616/erdev2018.17.n041.

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Reports on the topic "Rural development - ICT"

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Sumberg, James. Youth and the Rural Economy in Africa. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), May 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ids.2021.043.

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How do young people across Africa engage with the rural economy? And what are the implications for how they build livelihoods and futures for themselves, and for rural areas and policy? These questions are closely linked to the broader debate about Africa’s employment crisis, and specifically youth employment, which has received ever-increasing policy and public attention over the past two decades. Indeed, employment and the idea of ‘decent work for all’ is central to the Sustainable Development Goals to which national governments and development partners across sub-Saharan Africa have publicly subscribed. It is in this context that between 2017 and 2020, a consortium led by the Institute of Development Studies, with funding from the International Fund for Agricultural Development, undertook research on young people’s engagement with the rural economy in SSA.
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Qvist Eliasen, Søren, Louise Ormstrup Vestergård, Hjördís Rut Sigurjónsdóttir, Eeva Turunen, and Oskar Penje. Breaking the downward spiral: Improving rural housing markets in the Nordic Region. Nordregio, September 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.6027/pb2020:4.2001-3876.

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Housing issues usually play a major role in urban studies, but are often overlooked as a factor in rural development. This policy brief explores aspects of the dynamics of the ‘frozen’ rural housing market in the Nordic Region, with a specific focus on the role of financing, the part played by municipalities and the potential benefits of a larger rental market.Housing is generally seen as a human right, a consumable that serves as the framework for our lives. However, at the same time, real estate is a financial commodity on the market. In many rural areas, the market value of houses is low – often considerably below the cost of construction. In consequence, it is very difficult to obtain loans to build or buy. This ‘freezes’ the market and has a strong impact on rural development overall, in effect acting as a boost to the trend towards urbanisation and the depopulation of rural areas. We will explore ways to counteract this dynamic.
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Randall, Linda, Louise Ormstrup Vestergård, and Mari Wøien Meijer. Rural perspectives on digital innovation: Experiences from small enterprises in the Nordic countries and Latvia. Nordregio, May 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.6027/pb2020:3.2001-3876.

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Digitalisation holds considerable potential for rural areas. It offers thepromise of overcoming geographical distance, ensuring equal access toopportunity regardless of where people live. At the same time, rural andsparsely populated areas are thought to lag behind their urban counterpartswhen it comes to the provision of digital infrastructure and the developmentof digital knowledge and skills. These urban-rural disparities areoften referred to as the digital divide and can prevent rural communitiesfrom unlocking the opportunities associated with digitalisation.
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Mahling, Alexa, Michelle LeBlanc, and Paul A. Peters. Report: Rural Resilience and Community Connections in Health: Outcomes of a Community Workshop. Spatial Determinants of Health Lab, Carleton University, December 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.22215/sdhlab/2020.1.

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Canadians living in rural communities are diverse, with individual communities defined by unique strengths and challenges that impact their health needs. Understanding rural health needs is a complex undertaking, with many challenges pertaining to engagement, research, and policy development. In order to address these challenges, it is imperative to understand the unique characteristics of rural communities as well as to ensure that the voices of rural and remote communities are prioritized in the development and implementation of rural health research programs and policy. Effective community engagement is essential in order to establish rural-normative programs and policies to improve the health of individuals living in rural, remote, and northern communities. This report was informed by a community engagement workshop held in Golden Lake, Ontario in October 2019. Workshop attendees were comprised of residents from communities within the Madawaska Valley, community health care professionals, students and researchers from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, and international researchers from Australia, Sweden, and Austria. The themes identified throughout the workshop included community strengths and initiatives that are working well, challenges and concerns faced by the community in the context of health, and suggestions to build on strengths and address challenges to improve the health of residents in the Madawaska Valley.
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Latané, Annah, Jean-Michel Voisard, and Alice Olive Brower. Senegal Farmer Networks Respond to COVID-19. RTI Press, June 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.3768/rtipress.2021.rr.0045.2106.

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This study leveraged existing data infrastructure and relationships from the Feed the Future Senegal Naatal Mbay (“flourishing agriculture”) project, funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by RTI International from 2015 to 2019. The research informed and empowered farmer organizations to track and respond to rural households in 2020 as they faced the COVID-19 pandemic. Farmer organizations, with support from RTI and local ICT firm STATINFO, administered a survey to a sample of 800 agricultural households that are members of four former Naatal Mbay–supported farmer organizations in two rounds in August and October 2020. Focus group discussions were conducted with network leadership pre- and post–data collection to contextualize the experience of the COVID-19 shock and to validate findings. The results showed that farmers were already reacting to the effects of low rainfall during the 2019 growing season and that COVID-19 compounded the shock through disrupted communications and interregional travel bans, creating food shortages and pressure to divert seed stocks for food. Food insecurity effects, measured through the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale and cereals stocks, were found to be greater for households in the Casamance region than in the Kaolack and Kaffrine regions. The findings also indicate that farmer networks deployed a coordinated response comprising food aid and access to personal protective equipment, distribution of short-cycle legumes and grains (e.g., cowpea, maize) and vegetable seeds, protection measures for cereals seeds, and financial innovations with banks. However, food stocks were expected to recover as harvesting began in October 2020, and the networks were planning to accelerate seed multiplication, diversify crops beyond cereals, improve communication across the network. and mainstream access to financial instruments in the 2021 growing season. The research indicated that the previous USAID-funded project had likely contributed to the networks’ COVID-19 resilience capacities by building social capital and fostering the new use of tools and technologies over the years it operated.
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Aparicio, Gabriela, Vida Bobić, Fernando De Olloqui, María Carmen Fernández Diez, María Paula Gerardino, Oscar A. Mitnik, and Sebastian Vargas Macedo. Liquidity or Capital?: The Impacts of Easing Credit Constraints in Rural Mexico. Inter-American Development Bank, June 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003336.

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This paper evaluates the effectiveness of easing credit constraints for rural producers in Mexico through loans provided by a national public development finance institution. In contrast to most of the existing literature, the study focuses on the effect of medium-sized loans over a two- to four-year time horizon. This paper looks at the effects of such loans on production and investment decisions, input use, and yields. Using a multiple treatment methodology, it explores the differential impacts of providing liquidity for working capital versus providing credit for investments in fixed assets. It finds that loans increased the likelihood that producers grow and sell certain key annual crops, in particular among recipients of working capital loans. It also finds significant effects on production value and sales (per hectare), with similar impacts for recipients of both types of loans, with gains in yields driven by changes in labor quality and more intensive use of key inputs. There is no evidence of significant effects on the purchase of large machinery, but there are impacts on the acquisition of cattle. Overall, the results reported in this paper suggest that lack of liquidity is at least as important as lack of funding for new investment in capital for rural producers in Mexico. Producers benefit from easing their credit constraints, regardless of the type of loan used for that purpose.
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Zibani, Nadia. Ishraq: Safe spaces to learn, play and grow: Expansion of recreational sports program for adolescent rural girls in Egypt. Population Council, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/pgy22.1003.

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Over the past three years, the Ishraq program in the villages of northern El-Minya, Egypt, grew from a novel idea into a vibrant reality. In the process, approximately 300 rural girls have participated in a life-transforming chance to learn, play, and grow into productive members of their local communities. Currently other villages—and soon other governorates—are joining the Ishraq network. Ishraq is a mixture of literacy, life-skills training, and—for girls who have been sheltered in domestic situations of poverty and isolation—a chance to play sports and games with other girls their age and develop a sense of self-worth and mastery; the program reinforces the lessons they receive in life-skills classes about hygiene, nutrition, and healthy living. This guide to the sports and games component of the program is geared to the needs of disadvantaged adolescent girls. It is intended for those in the development community interested in the potential of sports to enhance the overall impact of adolescent programs. Sports can be combined with other program components to give girls a more active experience, whether the primary focus is reproductive health, literacy, or livelihood skills.
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Garrity, John, and Arndt Husar. Digital Connectivity and Low Earth Orbit Satellite: Constellations Opportunities for Asia and the Pacific. Asian Development Bank, April 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.22617/wps210156-2.

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Satellite communication plays an important role in the global connectivity ecosystem. It connects rural and remote populations, provides backhaul connectivity to mobile cellular networks, and enables rapid communications for emergency and disaster responses. Low Earth orbit constellations may prove to be transformational to the connectivity landscape based on their global coverage and their suitability for areas not served by fiber optic cable networks. The Asian Development Bank’s developing member countries are well placed to benefit from this expansion of internet connectivity. It will be particularly valuable for small island developing states and landlocked developing countries with limited international bandwidth internet.
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Alemu, Dawit, John Thompson, and Abebaw Assaye. Rice Commercialisation, Agrarian Change and Livelihood Trajectories: Transformations on the Fogera Plain of Ethiopia. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), August 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/apra.2021.020.

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Rice was considered a minor crop in Ethiopia, rarely consumed by many households in Sub-Saharan Africa. In recent decades, however, it has become the most rapidly growing staple food source in the country. This paper presents an historical analysis of rice commercialisation and the observed agrarian changes that have resulted from its introduction and spread in Ethiopia. The paper analyses the role of the state, private actors and development partners in promoting improvements in rice production and value chain upgrading, as well as examines the impacts of small-scale commercialisation on local livelihoods and rural economies.
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Alemu, Dawit, and Abebaw Assaye. The Political Economy of the Rice Value Chain in Ethiopia: Actors, Performance, and Discourses. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), February 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/apra.2021.004.

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The goal of this working paper is to identify the core challenges that have contributed to the poor performance of Ethiopia’s rice sector, and highlight approaches to successfully promote the commercialisation of the rice value chain. The authors achieve this by emphasising the underlying political economy dynamics of the rice value chain in Ethiopia, and how these can offer a better understanding of the drivers and constraints of agricultural commercialisation in the country. The paper also discusses the performance of, and challenges faced by, actors involved in the rice value chain. In addition, it looks at the role of development partners in promoting the rice value chain, the role of rice in the rural labour market, as well as the impact of COVID-19 on the various actors.
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