التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Bangladesh and The Role of Private Sector Addressing Digital Divides. |
| المؤلفون: |
Roldan, Maria Divina Gracia Z. |
| المصدر: |
Asia-Pacific Social Science Review; Jun2012, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p83-90, 8p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
DIGITAL divide, INFORMATION & communication technologies for development, SOCIAL integration, GRASSROOTS movements, SOCIAL history |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
BANGLADESH |
| مستخلص: |
Access to information and communication technologies (ICT) is seen as a key tool to provide economic growth both in developed and developing countries. Despite public and private ICT initiatives to take part in the provision of ICT access and usage at a grassroots level, there is still a large digital divide (Norris 2003, Mazzarella 2010). Marginalized sectors in Asia, such as, the rural folk, women, and low-income youth remain unreached by the benefits which ICT is supposed to offer. In this paper three approaches in Bangladesh to decrease the digital divide are analysed: Grameenphone's establishment of Community Information Centers (CTCs), Grameenphone's Village Phone program and Cellbazaar1. In what ways can the private sector through its business initiatives touch upon the issues of digital divide and social inclusion? By providing the needed infrastructure to spur usage and awareness of TCT in low-income communities, the private sector's role as ICT provider and enabler is emphasized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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