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The First Mile of Connectivity |
Author: Don Richardson and Lynnita Paisley, (ed)
Year: 1998
Language: English
- PREFACE
- FOREWORD
- SECTION 1 - INTRODUCTION
- Why the first mile and not the last?
- Lynnita Paisley and Don Richardson
- Rural telecommunication services and stakeholder participation: bridging the gap between telecommunication experts and communication for development practitioners
- Don Richardson
- SECTION 2 - LESSONS LEARNED FROM OTHER MEDIA AND PARTICIPATORY COMMUNICATION PRACTICES
- Communication: a meeting ground for sustainable development
- Ricardo Ramírez
- Eyes see; ears hear
- Donald Snowden
- Participatory rural communication appraisal methodology (PRCA): the application of participatory approaches to communication programme design and implementation for sustainable human development
- Chike Anyaegbunam, Paolo Mefalopulos and Titus Moetsabi
- Radio and video for development
- Pat Norrish
- Using state media to promote sustainable, democratic development: a case study from central Asia
- Neil Ford
- SECTION 3 - STARTING WITH THE FIRST MILE OF CONNECTIVITY: AFFORDABLE, ADAPTABLE, PROFITABLE AND PRACTICAL RURAL TELEPHONE AND TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
- Telecommunications for sustainable development
- Johan Ernberg
- Wireless weaves to lessen the gaps in rural telecommunication coverage in Africa
- Mike Jensen and Don Richardson
- Integrated rural development through telecommunications
- David F. Barr
- SECTION 4 - ICTS AS TOOLS TO SUPPORT PARTICIPATORY COMMUNICATION INITIATIVES FOR RURAL AND AGRICULTURAL KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS
- The Internet and rural development
- Don Richardson
- Participatory approaches for promoting rural connectivity: an exploration of issues
- Titus Moetsabi
- Empowering communities in the information society: an international perspective
- Johan Ernberg
- Applying the lessons of participatory communication and training to rural telecentres
- Jon Anderson, L. Van Crowder, David Dion and Wendy Truelove
- Training community animators as participatory communication for development practitioners
- Don Richardson &C.V. Rajasunderam
- Effective partnering and leadership in rural telecommunications: rural distance learning via video conferencing telecommunication - the Northnet experience
- Neal Gorenflo
- Connecting with the unconnected: proposing an evaluation of the impacts of the Internet on unconnected rural stakeholders
- Scott McConnell
- SECTION 5 - THE POLICY CONTEXT: THE KEYSTONE TO IMPROVING RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND ICT APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT
- Global information infrastructure: the rural challenge
- Heather E. Hudson
- Rural networking cooperatives: lessons for international development and aid strategies
- D. Linda Garcia and Neal R. Gorenflo
- Public and private interests in achieving viable rural service: the role of a favourable policy environment
- Andrew Dymond
- THE EDITORS
- CONTRIBUTOR BIOGRAPHIES