The Economic Impact of Telecommunications on Rural Livelihoods and Poverty Reduction: a Study of Rural Communities in India (Gujarat), Mozambique and Tanzania. Summary Report.
The Economic Impact of Telecommunications on Rural Livelihoods and Poverty Reduction: a Study of Rural Communities in India (Gujarat), Mozambique and Tanzania. Summary Report.
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电信对农村生计和减贫的经济影响：印度（古吉拉特邦）、莫桑比克和坦桑尼亚农村社区的研究。
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2005
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N. Scott
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D. Souter;G. Garforth;R. Jain;O. Mascarenhas;K. Mckemey;N. Scott
人们现在普遍认为，信息和通信技术在促进社会和经济发展，包括改善个人生计、社区繁荣和实现与联合国千年发展目标有关的国家发展目标方面发挥着重要作用。国家信息和通信技术战略和国际捐助者的方案在此基础上纳入了信息和通信技术的组成部分，具体目标是使农村和城市周边以及城市的贫困社区受益。不过，确实有。关于个人和社区如何利用信通技术，特别是电话以及无线电和（在有条件的情况下）互联网，以及这些技术对农村和城郊社区生计的影响，科学证据-特别是在具体贫困社区进行的详细实地研究的证据-很少。在大多数相关社区，信通技术接入发展没有伴随具体的发展举措的情况下，情况尤其如此。由于缺乏信通技术接入与农村生计之间关系的确凿证据，发展规划者和信通技术部门无法就信通技术和生计举措和方案作出有效决策，这意味着稀缺的发展资源可能无法有效利用，或错失了有效扶贫举措的机会。该项目通过提供证据，说明印度（古吉拉特邦）、莫桑比克和坦桑尼亚这三个研究国家选定地区的电信/信通技术接入与农村生计之间的实际关系，为解决这一研究问题作出了贡献。该项目的主要报告评估所研究的证据及其对a）每个研究国家和B）更普遍的决策的价值，并提出政策建议。注：工作文件的详细内容可在http://www.iima.ac.in/ctps/rural.htm上查阅。
Information and communication technologies are now widely believed to have a significant part to play in promoting social and economic development, including the improvement of individual livelihoods, community prosperity and the achievement of national development goals related to the UN Millennium Development Goals. National ICT strategies and the programmes of international donors are incorporating ICT components on this basis, with specific objectives in reaching poor rural and peri-urban as well as urban communities. There is, however. little scientific evidence - in particular, evidence from detailed field research in specific poor communities - about the ways in which individuals and communities exploit access to ICTs, particularly telephony but also radio and (where available) internet, and the impact they have on livelihoods in rural and peri-urban communities. This is particularly true where - as in the vast majority of relevant communities - ICT access development has not been accompanied by specific development initiatives. The lack of hard evidence on the relationship between ICT access and rural livelihoods inhibits effective decision-making on both ICT and livelihoods initiatives and programmes by development planners and the ICT sector, and means that scarce development resources may be ineffectively deployed or opportunities for effective pro-poor initiatives are being missed. The project contributes towards addressing this research problem by providing evidence on the actual relationship between telecommunications/ICT access and rural livelihoods in selected areas of three research countries – India (State of Gujarat), Mozambique and Tanzania. The main report of the project assesses the evidence researched and its value for policymaking a) in each research country and b) more generally, and makes policy recommendations. Note: The details of the working paper are available at http://www.iima.ac.in/ctps/rural.htm