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Wang, Wensheng
The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Farm Households in
China
Frankfurt/M., Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2002. XII, 142 pp., 30 fig., 21 tab.
Development Economics and Policy . Bd. 29
Herausgegeben von Heidhues Franz / von Braun Joachim
ISBN 3−631−39638−4 / US−ISBN 0−8204−5995−X pb.
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Observing the dramatic development and distribution of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in
China, it is increasingly recognized that these technologies are an indispensable force of rural development. The
study introduces conceptual framework for measuring the value of ICT use and presents a comprehensive
understanding of the impact of ICTs on rural development and recommends a policy for the implementation of
ICTs in rural China. The study provides a quantitative analysis of determinants of telephone subscription, and
the relationship between telephone adoption and income at household level, based on the data of a large farm
household survey. The analysis finds a positive relationship between the adoption of the telephone and annual
income of farm households, but the link is not strong in the short run.
Contents: The impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on farm households in China: A
conceptual framework for measuring the value of ICT use − A comprehensive understanding of the impact of
ICTs on rural development − Recommendations of a policy for the implementation of ICTs in rural China − The
determinants of telephone subscription, and interrelations between the adoption of the telephone and annual
income of farm households.
The Author: Wensheng Wang is a research fellow at ZEF, the Center for Development Research of the
University of Bonn. He studied Computer Science and Application at the University of Science and Technology
of China, Harbin Shipbuilding Engineering College, and Agricultural Economics at China Agriculture
University before joining the Department of Economic and Technological Change at ZEF. He received his
Doctoral degree from the University of Bonn in 2001.
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