Broadband

Asia is the only developbold'>ing region thbold'>at has reached any significant broadband penetrbold'>ation.

Mobile broadband is already connectbold'>ing even the most distant villages bold'>in bold'>rural Africa and bold'>India, thereby cuttbold'>ing down significantly on the need for travel.

bold'>Rural bold'>areas and bold'>industrial cities might explode bold'>in massive riots.

For example, the proposed budget slashes fundbold'>ing for cross border bold'>infrastructure projects, bold'>includbold'>ing the expansion of high speed broadband networks bold'>into bold'>rural bold'>areas and the development of transport and energy bold'>infrastructure.

One is the Broadband Commission, which advocbold'>ates for broadband as a key bold'>infrastructure of the twenty first century.

The U.N. broadband commission has recently set targets to help broadband access bold'>in 50 percent of the Developbold'>ing World, compared to 20 percent today.

The HIV AIDS pandemic has had other bold'>bold'>wide rangbold'>ing effects on households bold'>in bold'>rural bold'>areas.

It produces 50 60 dramas a month its value chabold'>in produces faster service bold'>at low cost and it understands its market.

bold'>In bold'>industries whose operbold'>ations bold'>involve the exchange of large dbold'>ata files, broadband is particularly important.

Unemployment bold'>in bold'>rural bold'>areas

It also supports the outsourcbold'>ing of certabold'>in applicbold'>ations, distance learnbold'>ing and telecommutbold'>ing.

Food safety bold'>in bold'>rural bold'>areas Agro processbold'>ing bold'>Informbold'>ation exchange soils, climbold'>ate and conservbold'>ation agriculture.

bold'>Rural Health Centers obviously are more concentrbold'>ated bold'>in bold'>rural bold'>areas (378 with 5636 beds bold'>in bold'>rural bold'>areas compared to 135 with 2250 beds bold'>in urban bold'>areas).

Article 14 Women bold'>in bold'>rural bold'>areas

This is more so the case bold'>in bold'>rural bold'>areas.

The digital divide bold'>in terms of broadband has serious implicbold'>ations for enterprises bold'>in many less developed countries.

For certabold'>in e busbold'>iness solutions, broadband has thus become bold'>indispensable.

Programme for the Development of bold'>Rural bold'>Areas

Of these, 248,964 (99.4 ) lived bold'>in urban bold'>areas and 1,384 (0.6 ) bold'>in bold'>rural bold'>areas.

The bold'>incidence of poverty is higher bold'>in bold'>rural than bold'>in urban bold'>areas (54 per cent of bold'>rural and 30 per cent of urban households can be classified as poor).

TB centers bold'>in urban bold'>areas outnumber those bold'>in bold'>rural bold'>areas.

He used some of his vast wealth to shower money on bold'>rural bold'>areas. bold'>Rural people, grbold'>ateful for his largesse, voted for him twice.

Of these, 1,952 (81.6 ) lived bold'>in urban bold'>areas and 440 (18.4 ) bold'>in bold'>rural bold'>areas.

Migrbold'>ation bold'>increases remittances to bold'>rural bold'>areas and strengthens market lbold'>inkages between bold'>rural and urban bold'>areas.

62 136. Improvement of the situbold'>ation of women bold'>in bold'>rural bold'>areas

58 146. Improvement of the situbold'>ation of women bold'>in bold'>rural bold'>areas

60 138. Improvement of the situbold'>ation of women bold'>in bold'>rural bold'>areas

56 129. Improvement of the situbold'>ation of women bold'>in bold'>rural bold'>areas

Food often remabold'>ins unavailable bold'>in bold'>rural bold'>areas.

There is a bold'>bold'>wide bold'>income disparity between the bold'>rural and urban regions.

Around 85 of the populbold'>ation live bold'>in bold'>rural bold'>areas.

This was especially bold'>bold'>widespread bold'>in bold'>rural bold'>areas.

Most of these credits were provided for women bold'>in the bold'>rural bold'>areas.

Women bold'>in bold'>rural bold'>areas have associbold'>ations which provide bold'>informbold'>ation and trabold'>inbold'>ing.

Combbold'>inbold'>ing work and care bold'>in bold'>rural bold'>areas

Table 3.4 Urban unemployment and workbold'>ing time bold'>in bold'>rural bold'>areas bold'>in 2001 ( )

The sex rbold'>atio was 106 bold'>in bold'>rural bold'>areas, compared to 91 bold'>in urban bold'>areas.

However, the many development projects bold'>in place were targeted bold'>at bold'>rural bold'>areas, because the majority of the populbold'>ation lived bold'>in those bold'>areas and because studies had revealed thbold'>at there was the grebold'>atest need for bold'>intervention bold'>in the bold'>rural bold'>areas.

It's, sort of, like if you ask people, Well, whbold'>at is a megabyte or megabit? And whbold'>at is broadband?

The communicbold'>ations teams of the Department manage large allocbold'>ations of sbold'>atellite bandwidth for effective communicbold'>ations among missions.

Telephones are much more accessible bold'>in urban bold'>areas, with less than a quarter of land lbold'>ines bebold'>ing bold'>in bold'>rural bold'>areas.

Green represents the agriculture and bold'>rural bold'>areas of Zimbabwe.

This helps improve women's life bold'>in bold'>rural bold'>areas.

The bold'>bold'>country's populbold'>ation is predombold'>inantly agricultural or bold'>rural.