Information and Communication Technologies and Rural Development

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	Information and Communication Technologies and Rural Development
	OECD. Published by : OECD Publishing

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Availability: Available Publication date: 29 Jun 2001 Language: English Pages: 150 Tables: 2 Charts: 1 ISBN: 9789264193079 OECD Code: 042001081E1

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Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) introduce a new relationship between time and space. Do the nascent possibilities of tele-work, distant access to public services and e-commerce offer both realistic and innovating perspectives for rural development? Are ICTs a threat rather than an opportunity for rural areas? Will these technologies increase the attractiveness of rural and remote areas or will they reinforce the influence of urban ones?

ICTs and Rural Development sets out to answer these questions. Field research conducted in Canada, France, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States shows that rural development projects organised around ICTs have facilitated job creation as well as the emergence of a new environment favourable to the development of the community. Nonetheless, the success of such projects depends on a number of conditions. They are presented and analysed in this report.

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Table of contents:

Introduction
Part I. ICT Issues in Rural Areas
Chapter 1. Fundamental Issues
Chapter 2. Societal Issues
Chapter 3. Economic Issues
Chapter 4. Policy Recommendations
Part II. Case Studies
Geographical Diversity
Regions
Sub-Regions
Communities
Case Study 1. The Poitou-Charentes Region and ICTS
Case Study 2. ICT Strategies and Projects in the Rural Areas of Mid-Western and Southwestern Ireland
Case Study 3. The Highlands and Islands of Scotland and ICT
Case Study 4. ICT in Matawinie, Quebec, Canada
Case Study 5. Keewaytinook Okimakanak Communities, Norwestern Ontario, Canada and ICT
Case Study 6. Parthenay District, Pays de Gatine (Deux Sevres, Poitou-Charentes, France) and ICT
Case Study 7. A Rural ICT Training Network: "Dillon-Net" Beaverhead, Madison, and Silverbow Counties, Montana, USA
Case Study 8. Business and Technology Center in Maddock, Benson County, North Dakota, USA
Bibliography
Appendix 1. Information and Communications Technologies and their Implicatios for the Development of Rural Areas
Appendix 2. Internet Sites Consulted for this Report
Appendix 3. Tables and Graphs

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