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Rural access and telecentres

Rural development and ICT case study: Solomon Islands (pdf 290kb)

This report examines the impact of the internet on lives of people in Solomon Islands.

It applies the PFnet (People First Network) as a case study to investigate:
- Issues related to differential access and utilisation of Internet services.
- The impact of the Internet services on sustainable rural development in the remote and rural Solomon Islands.

Resource link:
http://www.usp.ac.fj/jica/ ict_research/documents/pdf_files/ pfnet_report.pdf
Published: 2005
Source: The University of the South Pacific (http://www.usp.ac.fj/)
Added to ADG on: 25 January 2007 , contributed by: ADG team
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