. Access to broadband has become vital for rural communities to participate in a progressively digital economy and to overcome …This article discusses the danger of a growing digital divide between rural and other areas. It presents broadband as … problems of physical and social isolation. Yet rural areas are among those most excluded from fast broadband developments …

This study investigates the effects of introducing elections on public goods and redistribution in rural China. A large … and unique survey was collected to document the history of political reforms and economic policies and exploit the …

€™s Republic of China (PRC). Despite its remarkable economic achievement, the PRC faces a difficult path before it can reform and … improve its social security system and provide basic support for all of its people. The unemployment shock has caused rural …

Hygiene (WASH) Programme from an economic point of view. The aim of this report included measuring and identifying the factors … rural Bangladesh. A contingent valuation survey was carried out in four upazilas under BRAC WASH programme to determine …

men in empowering their women? Does economic and educational progress among the Muslim women leads to change in their …