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Good policy choices and actions will make the difference in steering technological change towards economic recovery and development outcomes that leave no one behind.

By Alessandro Nicita, Ralf Peters and Carlos Razo, UNCTAD

A new approach is needed for countries to better harness data as a global public good.

Large power imbalances stalk the growing digital economy as major platforms reinforce their positions in the global data value chain.

Without better state capacity – ability to accomplish policy goals – the world’s poorest countries will remain on the margins of the global economy.

By Paul Akiwumi, Director for Africa and Least Developed Countries, UNCTAD

Driven by the belief that young people possess the agency and power to shape their future, some Kenyan youth are tapping into the digital economy and taking their place at the negotiation table.

By Santiago Fernandez de Cordoba, Niematallah E. A. Elamin and Axel Marx

Youth in the Netherlands are getting support to move beyond activism and enact positive social action in their communities.

Entrepreneurship can mean more freedom for women according to the first Latin-American advocate of eTrade for All, an initiative developed by UNCTAD to expand and promote the digital economy, especially in low and middle-income countries.