The digital divide in rural South Asia: Survey evidence from Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka

The digital divide in rural South Asia: Survey evidence from Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka

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This paper examines bridging the digital divide through organisational innovations that provide low cost Internet access in developing countries, within the existing conditions of income levels. We use survey data from three South Asian countries, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, to examine factors...

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Main Authors: Yan Zhou, Nirvikar Singh, P.D. Kaushik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-03-01
Series:IIMB Management Review
Subjects:
Digital divide
South Asia
Rural Internet
Multinomial logit
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0970389610001084
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spelling doaj-ef101078e06248928f2751990a0d355d2020-11-24T20:42:05ZengElsevierIIMB Management Review0970-38962011-03-01231152910.1016/j.iimb.2010.12.002The digital divide in rural South Asia: Survey evidence from Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri LankaYan Zhou0Nirvikar Singh1P.D. Kaushik2California State University, Sacramento, USAEconomics Department, E2 Building, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USARajiv Gandhi Institute of Contemporary Studies, New Delhi, IndiaThis paper examines bridging the digital divide through organisational innovations that provide low cost Internet access in developing countries, within the existing conditions of income levels. We use survey data from three South Asian countries, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, to examine factors influencing patterns of computer and Internet use. We find that education plays a key role, in terms of its acquisition as a reason for computer and Internet use, and as an enabling variable (especially in the case of English language knowledge).http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0970389610001084Digital divideSouth AsiaRural InternetMultinomial logit
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author Yan Zhou
Nirvikar Singh
P.D. Kaushik
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Nirvikar Singh
P.D. Kaushik
The digital divide in rural South Asia: Survey evidence from Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka
IIMB Management Review
Digital divide
South Asia
Rural Internet
Multinomial logit
author_facet Yan Zhou
Nirvikar Singh
P.D. Kaushik
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title The digital divide in rural South Asia: Survey evidence from Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka
title_short The digital divide in rural South Asia: Survey evidence from Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka
title_full The digital divide in rural South Asia: Survey evidence from Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka
title_fullStr The digital divide in rural South Asia: Survey evidence from Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka
title_full_unstemmed The digital divide in rural South Asia: Survey evidence from Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka
title_sort digital divide in rural south asia: survey evidence from bangladesh, nepal and sri lanka
publisher Elsevier
series IIMB Management Review
issn 0970-3896
publishDate 2011-03-01
description This paper examines bridging the digital divide through organisational innovations that provide low cost Internet access in developing countries, within the existing conditions of income levels. We use survey data from three South Asian countries, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, to examine factors influencing patterns of computer and Internet use. We find that education plays a key role, in terms of its acquisition as a reason for computer and Internet use, and as an enabling variable (especially in the case of English language knowledge).
topic Digital divide
South Asia
Rural Internet
Multinomial logit
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0970389610001084
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