Technological initiatives for rural development: evidence from eight comprehensive rural development programme pilot sites
OUTPUT TYPE: Policy briefs
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2012
TITLE AUTHOR(S): T.Hart, M.Aliber, B.Letty, M.Msibi, M.Baiphethi, Z.Nxele
KEYWORDS: POVERTY ALLEVIATION, RURAL COMMUNITIES, RURAL COMMUNITIES, TECHNOLOGY
Intranet: HSRC Library: shelf number 7231
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/3448
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3448
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2012
TITLE AUTHOR(S): T.Hart, M.Aliber, B.Letty, M.Msibi, M.Baiphethi, Z.Nxele
KEYWORDS: POVERTY ALLEVIATION, RURAL COMMUNITIES, RURAL COMMUNITIES, TECHNOLOGY
Intranet: HSRC Library: shelf number 7231
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/3448
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3448
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Abstract
Between July and October 2010, a multidisciplinary team of researchers, led by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), conducted a scoping study to identify technologies available for rural development and to develop baseline information on technology oriented initiatives previously and currently under way in eight of the Comprehensive Rural Development Programme (CRDP) pilot sites across eight provinces in South Africa.-
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