{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2023,11,27]],"date-time":"2023-11-27T09:11:42Z","timestamp":1701076302997},"reference-count":39,"publisher":"Emerald","issue":"4","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2011,8,9]],"date-time":"2011-08-09T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1312848000000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/site-policies"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2011,8,9]]},"abstract":"Purpose<\/jats:title>The purpose of this paper is to discuss different attempts that have been made to bridge the digital divide in Bangladesh, with special focus on the Community Information Centers (CICs), which are playing a unique and innovative role in reducing the digital gap.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title>The paper is a case study and is based on a survey method for collecting information through telephone (outbound call center). Besides these, internet, personal visits (as a project member) and other secondary sources such as research reports, Grameenphone internal reports, articles are used.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Findings<\/jats:title>This paper highlights the existing initiatives which are bridging the break to build digital Bangladesh and focuses on how CIC is bridging the divide.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Research limitations\/implications<\/jats:title>This study will usher a new era for its internal values and the findings can be used by the advisory committees. The outcome of this study may, however, empower policy makers to make a decision and it is suggested that discussion and further writings are needed to bridge the digital divide in Bangladesh.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Originality\/value<\/jats:title>This paper is one of the very few studies which focus on the prospects of Community Information Centers in Bangladesh, particularly breaking the digital discrimination between rural and urban areas.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/02640471111156768","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,8,20]],"date-time":"2011-08-20T11:13:25Z","timestamp":1313838805000},"page":"506-522","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Bridging digital divide in Bangladesh: study on community information centers"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"29","author":[{"given":"Anwarul","family":"Islam","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Keita","family":"Tsuji","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"140","reference":[{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b1","unstructured":"Akbar, S.U. (2004), \u201cICT and social transformation in rural Bangladesh\u201d, Information Technology in Developing Countries, Vol. 14 No. 3, pp. 16\u201018."},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b2","unstructured":"Ali Anwar, M. (1996), \u201cCommunity information services in Malaysia: a study of information\u2010seeking behavior of community\u2010based organizations in the Klang Valley\u201d, World Libraries, Vol. 7 No. 1, pp. 1\u201014."},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b3","unstructured":"Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (2001), Preliminary Report: Population Census, Statistical Division, Ministry of Planning, Dhaka."},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b40","unstructured":"Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (2005), Preliminary Report on Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2005, Ministry of Planning, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Dhaka."},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b4","unstructured":"Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (2006), Preliminary Report on Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2005, Statistical Pocket Book, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Statistical Division, Ministry of Planning, Dhaka."},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b5","unstructured":"Bhattacharjee, S. (2002), \u201cCommunity information center project in India: connecting the far\u2010flung\u201d, Information Technology in Developing Countries, Vol. 12 No. 2, August, a newsletter of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group 9.4."},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b36","unstructured":"de Munster, I.L. (2004), \u201cThe digital divide in Latin America: a case study\u201d paper presented at 70th IFLA General Conference and Council, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 22\u201027 August."},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b37","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"DiBello, L.C. (2005), \u201cAre we addressing the digital divide? Issues, access, and real commitment\u201d, Childhood Education, Vol. 81 No. 4, pp. 239\u201041.","DOI":"10.1080\/00094056.2005.10522280"},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b6","unstructured":"Giggey, S. (1988), Rural Community Resources: A Guide for Developing Countries, Macmillan, London, pp. 11\u201012."},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b7","unstructured":"Giri, J. (2002), \u201cDigital divide\u201d, paper presented at ICT and Development for Computer Association of Nepal IT Conference, Kathmandu, 26\u201027 January."},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b8","unstructured":"Grameenphone (2009), \u201cGP launches \u2018Tathyo Tori with CARE\u2019\u201d, Grameenphone Newsletter, Vol. 135, August."},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b9","unstructured":"Haider, Z. (2007), \u201cBangladesh: meeting short\u2010 and long\u2010term needs of power sector\u201d, Financial Express, 10 February."},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b38","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Huang, J. and Russell, S. (2006), \u201cThe digital divide and academic achievement\u201d, The Electronic Library, Vol. 24 No. 2, pp. 160\u201073.","DOI":"10.1108\/02640470610660350"},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b10","unstructured":"International Telecommunication Union (2007), Internet Usage, Broadband and Telecommunications Reports in Bangladesh, available at: http:\/\/www.internetworldstats.com\/asia\/bd.htm (accessed 10 July 2009)."},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b11","unstructured":"International Telecommunication Union (2009), Measuring the Information Society \u2013 The ICT Development Index, available at: www.itu.int\/ITUD\/ict\/publications\/idi\/2009\/index.html (accessed 10 August 2009)."},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b12","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Islam, M.S. and Hasan, M.N. (2008), \u201cMultipurpose community telecentres in Bangladesh: problems and prospects\u201d, The Electronic Library, Vol. 27 No. 3, pp. 537\u201053.","DOI":"10.1108\/02640470910966952"},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b13","unstructured":"Islam, M.A. and Mezbah\u2010ul\u2010Islam, M. (2008), \u201cCommunity information centers: a step to bring connectivity of the rural communities in Bangladesh\u201d, Conference Paper Planner\u20102008: Open Access, Open Source, Open Libraries, No. 3, pp. 55\u201069."},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b14","unstructured":"Islam, S.M. and Uddin, H.M. (2005), \u201cInformation support services of the rural development libraries in Bangladesh\u201d, Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science, Vol. 10 No. 1, pp. 105\u201016."},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b15","unstructured":"Kabir, A. (2009), \u201cDream of digital Bangladesh\u201d, Star Campus, A Weekly Supplementary of The Daily Star, Vol. 3 No. 25."},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b17","unstructured":"Landler, M. (2000), \u201cA nascent internet takes root in Vietnam\u201d, New York Times, 14 November."},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b18","unstructured":"Legard, D. (2001), Use of IT to Cut Global Poverty, UN Report, available at: www.interconnection.org\/resources\/itpoverty.htm (accessed 10 April 2009)."},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b19","unstructured":"Micael, B.A.J. and Colin, M. (2001), \u201cLink up rural India\u201d, The Economic Times, 4 April."},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b20","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Mutula, S.M. (2005), \u201cBridging the digital divide through e\u2010governance: a proposal for Africa's libraries and information centres\u201d, The Electronic Library, Vol. 23 No. 5, pp. 591\u2010602.","DOI":"10.1108\/02640470510631308"},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b21","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Mutula, S.M. (2008), \u201cDigital divide and economic development: case study of Sub\u2010Saharan Africa\u201d, The Electronic Library, Vol. 26 No. 4, pp. 468\u201089.","DOI":"10.1108\/02640470810893738"},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b22","unstructured":"Rahman, A. (2008), Access to Global Information: A Case of Digital Divide in Bangladesh, available at: www.iatul.org\/doclibrary\/public\/Conf..\/2007\/Rahman_A_full.pdf (accessed 10 April 2009)."},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b23","unstructured":"Rajjora, R. (2002), Bridging the Digital Divide: Gyandoot the Model for Community Networks, McGraw\u2010Hill, New Delhi, pp. 237\u201040."},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b24","unstructured":"Razak, N.A. and Malek, J. (2008), \u201cBridging digital divide in Malaysia: cyber learning for the marginalized community\u201d, paper presented at Distance Learning and the Internet Conference, Waseda University, Tokyo, 19\u201022 November."},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b25","unstructured":"Romero, S. (2000), \u201cA cell phone surge among world's poor\u201d, The New York Times, 19 December."},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b26","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Sein, M.K. and Harindranath, G. (2004), \u201cConceptualizing the ICT artifact: toward understanding the role of ICT in national development\u201d, The Information Society, Vol. 20 No. 1, pp. 15\u201024.","DOI":"10.1080\/01972240490269942"},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b27","unstructured":"Special Brochure (2009), \u201cDigital Bangladesh and public service\u201d, Daily Prothom Alo, 23 June, p. 13."},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b28","unstructured":"Sudip, A. (2007), Rural Transformation by the Establishment of Community Information Centers in the Rural Areas of Nepal: A Pilot Project, ESCAP, Bangkok, available at: www. telecentresap.org\/meeting\/cmap2007\/Nepal_Paper_NRIDS.pdf (accessed 26 May 2007)."},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b29","unstructured":"Sullivan, K. (2006), \u201cInternet extends reach of Bangladeshi villagers: cell phone\u2010linked computers help break rural isolation\u201d, Washington Post, 22 November, p. A12."},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b30","unstructured":"Wagstaff, J. (2008), \u201cBringing Bangladesh into the internet age\u201d, The New York Times, 9 July, p. 7."},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b31","unstructured":"Wahed, M. (2009), \u201cDigital divide: Bangladesh's Gordian knot\u201d, Star Weekend Magazine: A Weekly Supplementary of Daily Star, Vol. 14 No. 75, pp. 12\u201014."},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b32","unstructured":"Waverman, L. (2005), \u201cThe impact of telecoms on economic growth in developing countries\u201d, The Vodafone Policy paper series, No. 2, March."},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b33","unstructured":"Wikipedia (2009), Grameenphone network, available at: http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grameenphone, (accessed 10 July 2009)."},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b34","unstructured":"(The) World Factbook (2008), available at: ww.cia.gov\/cia\/publications\/factbook\/geos\/bg.html (accessed 9 November 2008)."},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_b35","unstructured":"Yahia, A.M.M. and Sultanur, R.A.H.M. (2006), \u201cBringing connectivity to the rural communities in Bangladesh through GPCIC\u201d, GP Newsletter, Fiber Optic Division, Dhaka, January."},{"key":"key2022021120232372700_frg16","unstructured":"Kundu, A. (2007), Country Paper on Information Society Statistics: Core ICT indicator, Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission, Dhaka."}],"container-title":["The Electronic Library"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/www.emeraldinsight.com\/doi\/full-xml\/10.1108\/02640471111156768","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/content\/doi\/10.1108\/02640471111156768\/full\/xml","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/content\/doi\/10.1108\/02640471111156768\/full\/html","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,11]],"date-time":"2022-02-11T21:05:01Z","timestamp":1644613501000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/content\/doi\/10.1108\/02640471111156768\/full\/html"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2011,8,9]]},"references-count":39,"journal-issue":{"issue":"4","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2011,8,9]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1108\/02640471111156768"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/02640471111156768","relation":{},"ISSN":["0264-0473"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0264-0473","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2011,8,9]]}}}