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In recent years, the European telecommunications market has witnessed major developments, with rapid expansion in access to telecommunications networks and a surge in the number of available services and applications. While many factors have contributed to the transformation of the...
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In this position paper we suggest that a user will most often choose the solution (device) that will fulfill her (information) needs with the least effort. We call this “lazy user behavior”. We suggest that the principle components responsible for solution selection are the user need and the...
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countries, that governance indeed matters. In particular, we add a nuance to the debate, showing that rural population is more …
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examines the demand for Internet in rural and remote communities in Western Australia. Toward this end econometric Internet …
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organisation movements which have been resisting all that harms agriculture and the ‘rural’, the entry of such organisations which … actors has a stake in maintenance of its presence in the ‘rural’ because agriculture here has not been displaced by either … state’ image in the countryside, it is only the act of delivery of justice for the ‘rural’ that would be crucial in …
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people especially those living in developing countries such as India. Especially the people living in rural areas have been … constantly encountering the locational disadvantage: being located in rural areas the access to basic amenities is denied or … inadequate. In this respect the President of India advocated that provision of urban amenities in rural areas is an essential …
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The objective of the study was to develop and describe socioeconomic profiles of the rural community in the Hilkot …
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Addressing extreme poverty remains a key challenge for development in Bangladesh. BRAC initiated the “Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction” (CFPR) programme—a grant-based approach to tackle extreme poverty. This study provides an assessment of the cogency of this grant-based...
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The present paper is an attempt to examine the levels of deprivation of rural people in terms of their access to basic … amenities like, housing, drinking water, sanitation etc. And also it evaluates the degree of relative disadvantage of rural … locational disadvantage of the rural people. The paper follows the framework of Sen’s Capability Approach to development. …
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disparities between urban and rural sectors of the economy on the one hand and the more industrialized and the less industrialized … states on the other. It would also channelize to the mainstream the forces of development in the rural and remote areas …
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