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Least developed countries still lag behind in cyberlaw reforms
… negative implications for cross-border data flows, trade and digitalization. The tracker shows that LDCs that have … enforcement mechanisms, ever more urgent,” she said. For e-commerce to continue to grow, Ms. Sirimanne said, consumers …
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Trust in cross-border e-commerce: the case for consumer product safety
… As business-to-consumer e-commerce continues to bloom, with 27 per cent of the world’s population aged 15 years and older shopping online , so do the risks to consumers’ …
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Commonwealth Cybersecurity Forum 2015
… UNCTAD will organize a session on "E-Commerce and Cyberlaws: Implications for developing countries", during …
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Global e-commerce partnership gains two new members
… for Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and East-Asia (ERIA) and the British Standards Institution … particularly least developed ones, to use and benefit from e-commerce. UNCTAD Acting Secretary-General Isabelle Durant …
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"Culture clash" divides trade officials and Internet experts
… "the information superhighway" to a platform where people and companies increasingly do business, governments have … to regulate a growing number of issues related to online commerce, without fully understanding how the web works and … social and cultural ideas. In fact, many issues related to e-commerce, such as the flow of data across borders, hit on …
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Despite Big Hurdles, Afghanistan could Tap Youth-Driven IT Sector to Scale-up e-Commerce Operations
… Afghanistan’s security challenges and political uncertainty continue to impede the growth of e-commerce, but its dynamic youth-driven IT sector could help …
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Curbing the digital economy’s growing environmental footprint
… technologies like the Internet of Things, robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) can enhance climate change … Programme. Torbjorn Fredriksson, head of UNCTAD’s e-commerce and digital economy branch, added: “We are at a …
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UNCTAD15 civil society pre-event: Frontier technologies, the digital economy and development
… week of 3 October 2021. Senior officials from UNCTAD and civil society leaders will discuss issues related to … that it benefits the most disadvantaged communities? E-commerce and digital economy What would be the elements of an …
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At MC11, Nepal looks to e-commerce to hasten development in Himalayas
… E-commerce in Nepal represents an untapped market with great potential for trade and economic growth, according to UNCTAD's eTrade Readiness … solutions Legal and regulatory framework E-commerce skills development Access to financing The Nepal eTrade Readiness …
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UNCTAD participation at WTO's Fifth Global Review of Aid for Trade
… Plenary session 12: Electronic Commerce and the Aid-for-Trade Initiative WTO's Fifth Global … Economy Report 2015 - Unlocking the Potential of E-commerce for Developing Countries - highlights that some of …