Information needs and delivery channels: Experimental evidence from Cambodian smallholders

IF 1 Q3 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

IFLA JOURNAL-INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS Pub Date : 2022-01-06 DOI:10.1177/03400352211057148

Selina Bruns, O. Musshoff, Pascal Ströhlein

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Abstract

Despite numerous policy interventions, poverty still exists. Those most harshly affected are people living in rural areas of low-income countries, regions that are often characterized by information asymmetries leading to market failure. The widespread growth of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in remote areas across the world holds immense potential for lifting the information barriers of the rural poor. However, there is little evidence of the effectiveness of delivery channels, which might be one reason why digital advice differs in its impact. Seeking to ascertain how smallholders can best be served by ICT, the authors investigated information needs and effective ICT delivery channels. Sociodemographic and ICT-related data was collected and a framed field experiment was conducted with smallholders in Cambodia; they were asked to build an object while using various delivery channels for instruction. Employing different regression techniques and matching algorithms, the experiment reveals that multisensory instructions trump all others.

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信息需求和传递渠道:来自柬埔寨小农的实验证据

尽管有许多政策干预，贫困仍然存在。受影响最严重的是生活在低收入国家农村地区的人们，这些地区的特点往往是信息不对称，导致市场失灵。信息通信技术(ict)在世界各地偏远地区的广泛发展为消除农村贫困人口的信息障碍提供了巨大的潜力。然而，几乎没有证据表明交付渠道的有效性，这可能是数字咨询影响不同的原因之一。为了确定信息通信技术如何最好地为小农提供服务，这组作者调查了信息需求和有效的信息通信技术提供渠道。收集了社会人口统计和信息通信技术相关数据，并对柬埔寨的小农进行了有框架的实地试验;他们被要求建造一个物体，同时使用各种传递渠道进行指导。采用不同的回归技术和匹配算法，实验表明多感官指令优于所有其他指令。

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期刊介绍： IFLA Journal is an international journal which publishes original peer reviewed articles, a selection of peer reviewed IFLA conference papers, and news of current IFLA activities. Content is selected to reflect the variety of the international information profession, ranging from freedom of access to information, knowledge management, services to the visually impaired and intellectual property. The IFLA Journal aims to promote and support the aims and core values of IFLA as the global voice of the library and information profession by providing authoritative coverage and analysis of the activities of IFLA and its various constituent bodies and members, and those of other bodies with similar aims and interests.