Internet Technology Use and Economic Development: A Case Study of the Rural Population of Ihiala Village in Southeastern Nigeria
Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: There are mixed opinions about the role of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in general and the Internet in particular in promoting development.While Internet has been viewed as contributing to the ever-changing information dissemination across urban and rural spaces, others argue that the Internet does not always bring drastic social and economic advances as scholars and pundits have made us to believe.However, in rural areas such as China where websites have been set up to market goods, attract investments and enlarge business scale (Zhao, 2008), it is the view that Internet has impacted lives and rural development.In Nigeria, despite its headquarters and leadership role in the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) and the African region's headquarters of United Nation Millennium Goals (MDGs), an initiative that is geared to reduce poverty, improve health care and education, and ensure productivity in poor countries around the world, it remains to be seen how the Internet could be utilized for development and add into the equation in economic improvement of lives in the rural villages.The MDGs goals set 2015 as deadline.The basic purpose of this study is to explore demographic characteristics of the Internet users -individuals in a rural population such as Ihiala in South eastern Nigeria that could be the end-users of innovation technology.The study also examined the innovation attributes of the Internet that are likely to make the technology adoptable and vi
Author: Primus Igboaka
Institution: Bowling Green State University
Language: English
Topic: ICT Impact and Policies
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W278509533