Information and Communication Technologies

Nearly 20 years on, the summit continues to bring to life the UN’s vision of a digital economy that fosters development.

With support from UNCTAD, the Economic Community of West African States has developed a regional e-commerce strategy to diversify economies and create jobs.

UNCTAD supports Rwanda to develop a strategy to ease digital trade and make progress towards leaving the group of least developed countries.

The booming digital economy has heightened the need for new data and measurement tools to strengthen evidence-based policymaking.

Botswana gears up to diversify its economy by moving from mining minerals to mining knowledge.

Preliminary data for 2020 from three major economies shows the growing reliance on digital technologies could boost imports and exports of communications devices, which fell in 2019.

UNCTAD helps the southeast Asian nation develop a strategy to build on e-commerce growth in sectors such as food delivery, online retail and mobile payments.

UNCTAD discusses the state of the information society at the 15-year anniversary since the landmark World Summit on the Information Society summit.

The UN-body draws attention to ICT-related development issues being tackled by the UN, such as the growing digital divide laid bare by the coronavirus pandemic.

The Government of Myanmar recently launched an ambitious project funded by the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) to leverage e-commerce as a source of growth for its services sector and for transitioning to a more digital economy.