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UNCTAD calls for balanced global approach to manage digital data
… to global data governance for the benefit of people and the planet. She spoke during the sixth session of UNCTAD’s intergovernmental group of experts on e-commerce and the digital economy in Geneva on 10 May. Read …
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Year in Review of the eTrade for all initiative (2019)
… Agenda for Sustainable Development. The opportunities – and challenges – of e-commerce were gaining novel recognition from many countries, …
Publication
Digital identity for trade and development: TrainForTrade case studies in South-East Asia
… it is critical for governments to put in place frameworks and mechanisms to leverage these developments and increase … Account project Leapfrogging skills development in e-Commerce in South-East Asia includes a component on digital …
Publication
Harmonizing Cyberlaws and Regulations: The Experience of the East African Community
… The development of an enabling framework for e-commerce has the potential to generate significant economic … investor confidence, tapping into business opportunities and responding to the increasing reliance on electronic …
Press Material
MEASURING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT
… Country-by-country progress on information and communications technologies (ICT) can now be benchmarked … to the Partnership by helping developing countries produce e-business statistics and databases. This work will feed into UNCTAD´s annual e-commerce and development report and into the global ICT …
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UNCTAD publishes new study on harmonizing cyberlegislation in Central America and the Caribbean
… legislative frameworks that are conducive to the growth of e-commerce in developing countries, UNCTAD has published a new … for harmonizing cyberlegislation in Central America and the Caribbean: " Estudio sobre las perspectivas de la …
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Here's how we can resolve the global supply chain crisis
… livelihoods – food, jobs, energy – depend on functioning and resilient global supply chains. Unfortunately, the … on a global scale. At the same time, fuelled by the e-commerce boom, container shipping freight rates are reaching …
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Consultations on Modalities Report for the Revision of the UN Guidelines to be conducted by UNCTAD at OECD meeting
… First Ad Hoc Expert Meeting on Consumer Protection (2012) and later developed in the Second Ad Hoc Expert Meeting on … The chairmanship of each working group is as follows: E-commerce (France), Financial Services (Malaysia), Other …
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REPORT: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CREATING NEW PATTERNS FOR SPREADING KNOWLEDGE AND SPURRING DEVELOPMENT
… EMBARGO The contents of this press release and the related Report must not be quoted or summarized in … communications for business transactions such as e-commerce, e-finance, e-banking and e-insurance. These …
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Making trade work better for the planet
… As UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) celebrates its 60th anniversary, … the growing challenges of public and external debt Making e-commerce and the digital economy work for all Building more …