The European mandate for an inclusive information society is aimed at providing an environment that enables the billions of people who are at risk of exclusion at the “bottom of the pyramid” (BOP) to participate in an information society for all. Most organizations in Europe have realized that the fortune lies at the BOP. However, several challenges remain a stumbling block for those who want t...

The establishment of new rural cooperative medical system is an important action for comprehensive affluent society. It is an important measure for Central Party Committee and State Council to solve "three rural" issue effectively and to overall urban and rural, regional, coordinated economic and social development, building a well-off society in the new situation. It has important role to alle...

background: health care systems in rural areas face numerous challenges in meeting the community’s needs and adequate attention has not been paid to this problem. the aim of this study was to describe the outcomes of health care process in rural society. materials and methods: twenty-six participants including twenty-one rural health care providers and five clients were selected according to pu...

awareness of the perception of farmers toward cooperation is an important step for developing the role of cooperatives in rural economy. the purpose of this descriptive-correlational study was to investigate perception of farmers toward cooperation. the statistical population for the study consisted of farmer heads of families in the rural society of kermanshah township (n=24391). three hundred...

© 2004 Society of Rural Physicians of Canada 178 O n March 16, 1988, Saddam Hussein attacked his own people, blanketing them with deadly chemicals, cluster bombs and artillery fire. Five thousand Kurdish residents of Halabja, a rural community in northern Iraq, died that day, in the largest recorded chemical warfare incident in history. In November 2003, a 4-person rural medical education team ...

the survival of rural communities depends on appropriate investments and creation of viable and sustainable job opportunities. rural entrepreneurship is a driving engine of job creation and economic growth in rural communities. when we speak of rural business success or longevity, it seems important to determine how rural entrepreneurs define success. for the past decades, profit, growth and in...

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can do more than benefit teaching and learning in rural schools; it can also be a catalytic and transformative tool that induces knowledge reformation and production amongst learners in an informed society. In this paper our focus is on how ICT education practices in rural schools in marginalized communities can be transformed to develop knowledge ...