Abstract
The emergence and development of the information and communication sector has been rapid in rural Viet Nam over 2006–14, and a true information and communication technology (ICT) revolution has taken place. This chapter examines household ownership and use of ICT. It studies the geographic and demographic differences across ownership of technology, especially phones and the Internet, and the determinants of ICT adoption. First, it finds that expansion of telephones has been much more rapid than the expansion of the Internet. Second, it finds that even though in 2014 internet users were relatively wealthier and more educated than households with phones on average, the adoption patterns of these two technologies are very similar. ICT adoption is driven by education and income, as well as wealth and ownership of other technology.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Growth, Structural Transformation, and Rural Change in Viet Nam : A Rising Dragon on the Move |
| Editors | Finn Tarp |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Publication date | 2017 |
| Pages | 158-180 |
| Chapter | 8 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780198796961 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- household ownership
- information and communication technology (ICT)
- Internet
- Viet Nam
- phones