Opinions differ on the importance of new information technologies for rural development.
Some argue that with the Internet, mobile phones, and other recent developments in advanced communications, high-technology businesses are no longer tied to urban areas and will decentralize. The role of producer services . Much of the national growth in earnings in 1995-99 resulted from a rapid expansion of producer services earnings. While it contributed to rural growth, this sector is concentrated in urban areas and that is where almost all of its expansion occurred. The role of manufacturing .