rural ict’s: steps towards economic self-sustainability
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Rural ICT’s: Steps towards economic self-sustainability. Michael L. Best eDevelopment group MIT Media Laboratory [email protected] www.media.mit.edu/~mikeb. E-markets Meeting 16 May 2001. A rural ICT sustainability laundry list. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Rural ICT’s: Steps towardseconomic self-sustainability
Michael L. BesteDevelopment groupMIT Media [email protected]/~mikeb
E-markets Meeting16 May 2001
intellectual property rights
policy environment
capacity building
appropriate applications
low-cost systems
access to capital
network effect
A rural ICT sustainabilitylaundry list
intellectual property rights
policy environment
capacity building
appropriate applications
low-cost systems
access to capital
network effect
A rural ICT sustainabilitylaundry list
SARISustainable Access in Rural India
Reasoning by example
With Harvard CID, IIT Madras, I-Gyan
Low-cost systems
Let’s do the numbers….
Low-cost systems
$1000 capital cost
$30 monthly recurrent
18% interest
25% margins
5 year depreciation
2% household income captured
$50 monthly family wage
Smart capital
social venture funds
consumer credit
Network effect
Metcalf law rules supreme
must move beyond the pilot mentality
Sustainable Access for Rural India
Village Area Network
Agricultural Information System
Community Knowledge Sharing
Telecenter Cost Estimator
eDev Research Projects