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Madagascar, Uganda and Zambia set to exploit digital economy opportunities
… Mobile connectivity is fueling e-commerce in Madagascar, Uganda and Zambia, priming them to better engage with the digital …
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Digital Trade for Development
… Fund (IMF), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the United Nations Conference on … policy environment. Specific policy issues include the WTO e-commerce moratorium, regulation of cross-border data flows, …
Meeting
Second Regional Meeting on the Development of an ECOWAS E-commerce Strategy
… UNCTAD and the Commission of the Economic Community of West African … organising a second Regional Meeting as part of the ECOWAS E-commerce Strategy development project to present the findings …
Meeting
Fifth Regional Meeting on the development of an ECOWAS E-commerce Strategy
… UNCTAD and the Commission of the Economic Community of West African … the 5 th Regional Meeting on the development of an ECOWAS E-commerce Strategy bringing together representatives of the …
Publication
Measuring the value of e-commerce
… Producing statistics on the digital economy and society is an increasingly important component of the … information available concerns the monetary value of e-commerce transactions. Measuring this has become increasingly …
Meeting
Swiss e-Commerce Conference
… UNCTAD to deliver keynote address at the Swiss e-Commerce Conference. The Information Economy Report 2015: … Switzerland, on 25 November 2015. International speakers and industry players will share their experience and present …
News
Bangladesh creates fertile ground for e-commerce growth
… Bangladesh has laid down an exemplary digital foundation and is striving to prepare its citizens for the digital … UNCTAD assessment of the country’s readiness to engage in e-commerce shows. The enormous growth in its information and …
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UNCTAD helps Thai government to improve the comparability of its e-commerce statistics
… to further enhance the way it collects official data about e-commerce in the country after participating in an … Republic of Korea, Thailand, as well as the European Union and other OECD countries, attended the workshop to compare …
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UN Trade and Development calls for sustainable and equitable strategies to mitigate digital economy’s growing environmental impact
… key mineral digitalization Increased demand for minerals and metals required for digitalization offers resource-rich … and production, renewable energy use and comprehensive e-waste management. The digital economy’s growing … the energy and water footprints of these technologies. E-commerce has surged, with online shoppers growing from fewer …
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New survey shows COVID-19’s impact on e-commerce in poorer nations
… more consumers in developing countries to buy online, many e-commerce businesses in these nations have seen a slump in … hard-to-collect data from 23 countries, mainly in Africa and Asia, the research shows a stark divide between the …