World Bank2014-09-082014-09-082014-07-08https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19979The World Bank has been supporting this policythrough theprogram China Rural Information and Communications: Technical Assistance on Design and Impact Evaluation, which aims to support the government make decisions about potential scaling up of innovative ICT pilot projects and to generate and disseminate knowledge about the impacts of ICT in rural China. Three activities were undertakenwith a focus on a trio of provinces (Guizhou, Jilin, and Shandong): (a) a demand survey to assess rural ICT access and attitudes; (b) a library study including scoping the status of ICT use in rural libraries; and (c) a limited impact evaluation to examine how ICT interventions have affected rural users.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS POINTACCESS POINTSACCESS TO COMPUTERSACCESS TO INFORMATIONACCESS TO THE INTERNETACTION PLANADMINISTRATIONSADVERTISINGAFFORDABLE ACCESSAGEDAGINGAGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGYARRANGEMENTSBANDWIDTHBENCHMARKBRANCH LIBRARYBROADBANDBROADBAND CONNECTIVITYBROADCASTINGBROWSINGCAPABILITIESCAPABILITYCOMMUNICATION NETWORKCOMMUNITY ACCESSCOMPUTER CRIMESCOMPUTER OPERATIONCOMPUTER TERMINALSCOMPUTER TRAININGCOMPUTERSCONSUMER PROTECTIONCONTENTSCULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURECUSTOMER BASEDEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITIONDEPENDENCY RATIODEPENDENCY RATIOSDEPRESSIONDEVELOPMENT PLANSDIGITAL CONTENTDIGITAL DIVIDEDIGITAL ECONOMYDIGITAL INFORMATIONDIGITAL LIBRARIESDIGITAL LIBRARYDIGITAL OPPORTUNITYDISEASESDIVORCEDOMAINSE-BOOKSE-COMMERCEE-COMMERCE SITESE-MAILE-MAILSEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTELDERLYELDERLY PEOPLEELDERLY POPULATIONELDERLY WOMENELECTRONIC MEDIAEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESEND USEREQUIPMENTEXTENSION OF E-GOVERNMENTFAMILIESFAMILY MEMBERSFAMILY RESOURCESFAMILY SIZEFAMILY STRUCTUREFAMILY SUPPORTFERTILITYFERTILITY RATEFINANCIAL INVESTMENTFINANCIAL SUPPORTFOREIGN EXCHANGEFUNCTIONALITYFUTURE GENERATIONSGOVERNMENT OFFICEGOVERNMENT OFFICESGOVERNMENT SERVICESHEALTH CAREHEALTH CARE SYSTEMHEALTH CARE SYSTEMSHEALTH INSURANCEHEALTH SERVICESHEALTHY LIFEHOLISTIC APPROACHHOME CAREHUMAN RESOURCESHYPERTENSIONICTIMPACT OF POPULATIONIMPLEMENTATIONSINFORMATION ACQUISITIONINFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIESINFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGYINFORMATION CENTERINFORMATION NEEDSINFORMATION NETWORKINFORMATION SERVICEINFORMATION SOCIETYINNOVATIONINSTANT MESSAGINGINSTITUTIONINTERFACESINTERMEDIARIESINTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICEINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONSINTERNATIONAL STANDARDSINTERVENTIONLAWSLEISURE TIMELIBRARY DISTRICTSLIBRARY MATERIALSLIBRARY SERVICESLIBRARY USERLIBRARY USERSLIFE EXPECTANCYLIFELONG LEARNINGLITERACYLOCAL AREA NETWORKLONG-TERM CAREMEDICAL SERVICESMEDICAL TREATMENTMENTALMENTAL HEALTHMIGRANTMIGRANT WORKERSMIGRATIONMOBILE DEVICEMOBILE DEVICESMOBILE LIBRARIESMOBILE LIBRARYMOBILE PHONEMOBILE PHONESMODERNIZATIONMULTIMEDIANATIONAL COMMITTEENAVIGATIONNETWORK ACCESSNETWORK SECURITYNETWORKSNUMBER OF PEOPLENUMBER OF PERSONSNUMBER OF USERSNURSINGNURSING HOMESNUTRITIONOLD AGEOLD-AGEOLDER PEOPLEOLDER WOMENONLINE PAYMENTPARTICIPATION IN SOCIETYPENETRATION RATEPENSIONSPERSONAL INFORMATIONPHYSICAL BUILDINGSPHYSICAL DISTANCEPHYSICAL HEALTHPILOT PROJECTSPOLICY DEVELOPMENTSPOLICY FRAMEWORKPOOR HEALTHPOPULATION AGE STRUCTUREPOPULATION DATAPRIMARY SCHOOLSPRIVATE SECTORSPUBLIC ACCESS POINTPUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC LIBRARIESPUBLIC LIBRARYPUBLIC SERVICESQUALITY OF LIFEQUALITY OF SERVICERADIOREADINGREMITTANCERESEARCHERSRESEARCHESRESOURCE CONSTRAINTSRESPECTRESULTRESULTSRISK OF ILLNESSRURAL AREASRURAL DEVELOPMENTSAFETY NETSSATELLITESEARCHSEARCHINGSECONDARY SCHOOLSSECURITY POLICIESSENIOR CITIZENSENIOR CITIZENSSERVICE PROVIDERSSITESITESSOCIAL EXCLUSIONSOCIAL ISOLATIONSOCIAL PARTICIPATIONSPOUSESPOUSESSUPERMARKETTARGETSTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTSTELECOMMUNICATIONTELEPHONETELEPHONE NETWORKTELEPHONYTRAINING COURSETRAINING COURSESTRAINING OPPORTUNITIESTRANSMISSIONURBAN AREASURBAN COMMUNITIESURBANIZATIONUSERUSERSUSESVIDEOVIDEOSVIRUSESWALKINGWASTEWEBWEB PAGESWEB PORTALSWEB SITEWEB SITE DESIGNWEB SITESWEBSITESWHITE PAPERWORKERSWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONWORLD WIDE WEBWORLD WIDE WEB CONSORTIUMYOUNG ADULTS10.1596/19979