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Use of mobile phones by the rural poor - gender perspectives from selected Asian countries

Year of publication 2016

Place of publication Bangkok, Thailand ;

Pages 68 p.

Author Gerard Sylvester

Publisher FAO, IRCD and LIRNEasia ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-109145-6

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Mobile phones have been shown (though not uniformly) to positively contribute in various ways to rural development, from reducing information asymmetry, improving functional networks, to increasing access to services and finance. Yet a digital gender divide exists. When contrasted with the fact that women compromise 43% of the worlds’ agricultural labor force, this digital gender divide can inhibit rural development. There is substantial exploration of the digital gender divide in the literatur e. Yet the answers to questions regarding differential access and use of information and communication technologies are mostly inconclusive.

This study tries identify the information needs of the rural poor with gender dissagregated statistics.

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