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- Title
EFFECT OF MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES ON GLOBALIZATION OF NIGERIAN RURAL AREAS.
- Authors
LAWAL-ADEBOWALE, O. A.
- Abstract
The globalization of a country is today measured with respect to indices of globalization such as the Maastricht Globalization Index (MGI) and the Konjunkturforschungsstelle (KOF). These indices of national globalization often have an urban bias. This study however explores the extent to which these international measures include rural environments of the globalizing country. Application of the MGI/KOF indices for determination of the Nigerian rural environment inclusion in globalization showed that the country's rural communities were mainly integrated technologically by virtue of telephony (communication technology) penetration of rural areas. An attempt to modify the MGI/KOF globalization indexes for rural inclusion showed that the Nigerian rural communities were technologically integrated but only partially integrated politically and socio-culturally. Based on this, it was recommended that a globalization index for rural inclusion needs to be developed to establish countrywide globalization in absolute terms.
- Subjects
TELECOMMUNICATION; GLOBALIZATION; QUALITY of life
- Publication
Journal of Rural Social Sciences, 2017, Vol 32, Issue 2, p20
- ISSN
2151-4178
- Publication type
Article