Poverty Alleviation through Science & Technology
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Country:
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China
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Detailed location:
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Mission:
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to identify the most appropriate mechanism in each of the selected counties, through which information and knowledge needed to improve living conditions of poor households and communities will be generated, delivered and exchanged at all levels: county, township, village and household;
• to develop institutional and human capacities to innovate, operate and manage information services meeting the needs of rural poor households and communities at all levels, particularly county, township and community;
• to integrate the use of information and ICT technologies as effective means to reduce rural poverty; and
• to make a contribution to the formulation of national policies and programmes.
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Geo-graphic location:
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semi-urban
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Contact:
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Official host of ICT rural poverty project information:
China Rural Technology Development Center (CRTDC)
Room 573, 5th Floor, South Building of China Science Academy
Sanlihe Road
Beijing
China
Postal address:
P.O. Box 2143-2
54 Sanlihe Road
Beijing
China 100045
Tel: +86-10-68516510
Fax: +86-10-68516510
E-mail: cstap@263.net.cn
URL: http://www.cstap.org.cn/
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Status:
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operation
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Existing telecentres:
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36
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Future telecentres:
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0
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Start of initiative:
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December 2001
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Scope of operation:
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national
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Self-sustainable:
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No
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Sustainability plan:
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No
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Pilot:
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Yes
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Business model:
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development fund
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Other resources of revenue:
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Knowledge network:
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Yes
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Community participation:
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No
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Women participation:
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No
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Type:
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governmental
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Stakeholder:
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China Int. Center for Economic & Tech. Exchange (project implementation)
China Rural Technology Development Centre (project implementation)
Ministry of Science and Technology - China (project implementation,financing)
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ICT Application:
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Gender sensitive
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People with disability
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Illiterated sensitive
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Internet (web/e-mail) |
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rural ICT services |
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Connectivity:
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N/A
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Technology:
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computer+Internet
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Objectives of the initiative:
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ensure universal access to ICT
promote e-literacy
provide agricultural information
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Services provided:
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agriculture information
ICT training
internet access
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Physical location:
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community centre
government office
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Sources:
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http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/wsis-themes/ict_stories/themes/e-
rural.html, “Bridging the Divide – China »;http://www.tve.org/ho/doc.cfm?aid=1380&lang=English;
http://www.handsontv.info/series4/communicating_for_change_p
art1_reports/bridgingthedivide_china.html
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