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Peer reviewedMalecki, Edward J. – Journal of Rural Studies, 2003
Data on rural-urban differences in access to telecommunications technology suggest that the U.S. "digital divide" is diminishing. However, major shortcomings in telecommunications infrastructure persist in rural America, and more serious barriers to rural development are related to human capital shortages. These may be resolved in some…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Educational Attainment, Entrepreneurship, Human Capital
