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Egypt poised to accelerate e-commerce growth with new national strategy
… Egypt is committed to leveraging e-commerce and the digital economy as a powerful catalyst for …
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UNCTAD Experts Outline Trends in E-commerce and consumer protection at Panama meeting
… as part of a panel discussion entitled "Online Advertising and E-commerce Developments", which considered an update of …
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Benin, Mali and Niger eager to tap e-commerce opportunities
… The coronavirus crisis is boosting e-commerce as more people shop online all over the world, but … eTrade readiness assessments conducted in Benin, Mali and Niger found that the three west African countries need …
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Report urges harmonized steps in South-East Asia to increase trust, reap potential of e-Commerce
… Asian Nations (ASEAN), already well advanced in using e-commerce, should boost the development payoff of these … to build consumer trust (table 1), address payment fraud, and overcome difficulties in assessing the quality of …
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eTrade for all virtual high-level policy dialogue on the development challenges of COVID-19
… Development Challenges of COVID-19: What Role can E-commerce and Digital Trade Play? The COVID-19 pandemic dominated …
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Empowering women entrepreneurs in the digital economy
… The digital economy is booming. E-commerce sales worldwide, for example, grew 4% to an … not everyone is benefitting equally. Women across regions and continents still face many obstacles to start and grow …
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DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SHOULD NOT BE LEFT OUT OF THE
… a report that focuses on the political, analytical and practical challenges faced by developing countries in the context of the rapid globalization of electronic commerce. UNCTAD was one of the first international … One of the working hypotheses of this new book is that e-commerce is much less about technology than about strategy, …
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MITI/UNCTAD Validation Workshop on National E-commerce Strategy for Botswana
… Botswana organized a Validation Workshop on the National E-commerce Strategy for Botswana. At the request of Botswana’s Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI), UNCTAD launched an ICT Policy Review …
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UNCTAD to support Government of Egypt in developing a national e-commerce strategy
… With the rapid uptake of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in developing … in global value chains and international trade, e-commerce is increasingly transforming the global economy, …
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FROM SELLING SHEEP TO TRANSCRIBING TAPES
… featuring a photo (with zoom view) of an attractive brown and white ovine. EthioGift, "your online gift delivery … service for Ethiopia", is a model of its kind - an e-commerce venture based in a developing country doing a …