Ecommerce
August 17, 2020 -
UNCTAD
Ugandan ecommerce platforms power recovery from COVID-19 crisis
Partnerships with development agencies and government efforts to boost the digital economy are helping soften the economic blow of the pandemic.
July 31, 2020 -
Fanan Biem
Blockchain and LDC trade during COVID-19
The macroeconomic context for developing country trade in the time of COVID-19
July 29, 2020 -
Michelle Kovacevic
Making it faster and easier for South Asian women to take businesses online
Recently launched ecommerce training program and portal will help hundreds of women entrepreneurs in South Asian LDCs become part of regional and global supply chains.
July 15, 2020 -
UNCTAD
Cambodia’s digital startups help blunt economic impact of COVID-19
An uptick in business, especially in the delivery of food and essential items, is enhancing resilience in the wake of the crisis.
June 10, 2020 -
UNCTAD
Kiribati sets sights on overcoming hurdles to ecommerce
Digital solutions implemented to combat the spread of COVID-19 give fresh impetus to efforts to harness the development gains of ICT and ecommerce.
May 28, 2020 -
UNCTAD
Tanzania, Malawi prepare to reap benefits of digital economy
UNCTAD has assessed the state of play in the two countries and identified policy actions required to harness ecommerce for development.
May 25, 2020 -
Annette Mutaawe Ssemuwemba
How women in developing countries can harness ecommerce
Originally published in World Economic Forum Agenda on 24 April 2020
May 05, 2020 -
UNCTAD
Senegal's ecommerce sector helps country cope with COVID-19
Trade ministry fast-tracks measures to ease access to essential goods and services during the pandemic.
March 26, 2020 -
Padmashree Gehl Sampath
Industry 4.0: What next for least developed countries?
The possibility of reconfiguring manufacturing processes through new digital technologies and data provides opportunities to reboot industrial development in least developed countries.
February 18, 2020 -
Ratnakar Adhikari, Fabrice Lehmann
Least developed countries can become authors of their technological revolution
Originally published in OECD-Development Matters on 5 February 2020
February 13, 2020 -
Mischa Tripoli
A window of opportunity for Africa: Agricultural innovation, integration and entrepreneurial ecosystems
Agriculture 4.0, fuelled by innovation and technology, is driving more productive, efficient and sustainable food systems.
January 08, 2020 -
UNCTAD
Tuvalu lays ecommerce groundwork to spur development
UNCTAD's assessment identifies available opportunities and barriers to overcome for e-commerce to flourish in the country.
November 07, 2019 -
Chidi Oguamanam
The partnership imperative for African innovation in the fourth industrial revolution
The entrepreneurial uptake of computer technology and the entrenchment of digitisation have made Africa a demonstrable source of intellectual power in the digital sphere.
November 04, 2019 -
Juan Felipe Rodrigo López, Craig Atkinson
Digitally transforming Sudan’s economy
Enabling growth via ecommerce, trade facilitation and geographical indications
October 30, 2019 -
Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF)
EIF covering environment, 4IR and global trade climate in new analyses
The Enhanced Integrated Framework’s Trade for Development News is launching a new series of articles focusing on three major trade conversations happening today.
October 10, 2019 -
Fabrice Lehmann
Globalisation, robotics and pathways to development
A conversation with Richard Baldwin
September 03, 2019 -
Cécile de Gardelle, Deanna Ramsay
How can developing countries seize returns from the fourth industrial revolution?
Without action, one out of every four people living in LDCs will be offline due to the lack of digital skills
August 28, 2019 -
Ratnakar Adhikari
6 ways the least developed countries can participate in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Originally published by World Economic Forum Agenda on 13 August 2019
August 26, 2019 -
Cécile de Gardelle
Ramkrishna Adhikari: With a young, tech-savvy population, Nepal forging ahead on its ecommerce path
Nepal’s Under Secretary at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies talks all things trade – online
August 01, 2019 -
UNCTAD
Lesotho ready to channel its growth to go digital
New report on Lesotho shows how the small, mountainous nation could unlock its digital market to diversify its economy.
June 19, 2019 -
Dan Ciuriak, Maria Ptashkina
A strategy to leverage the digital transformation for development
The digital transformation provides developing economies new opportunities to leapfrog industrial age infrastructure, to draw on the vast knowledge spillovers from the internet, to take advantage of new markets offered by digital platforms and to exploit production possibilities enabled by digital technologies.
April 30, 2019 -
Cécile de Gardelle
H.E. Dr. François Xavier Ngarambe: Aiming for ecommerce success in Rwanda
Following UNCTAD’s Ecommerce Week in April 2019 and on the cusp of a new partnership with EIF to boost ecommerce, Rwanda’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Geneva discusses the state of play for online trade in the country
April 25, 2019 -
Deanna Ramsay
Agnes Hugot: On aiming for a win-win-win for trade
Virtual connections, transparency and financing through one platform can make for just the right combination to support MSMEs
April 16, 2019 -
Sven Callebaut, Cécile de Gardelle
Kemvichet Long: On helping Cambodia’s businesses enter the global ecommerce marketplace
During UNCTAD’s Ecommerce Week in April 2019, Deputy Director General for International Trade at the Cambodia Ministry of Commerce talks all things e-trade
April 09, 2019 -
Michelle Kovacevic
Small market, big ambition
Bhutan’s potato ‘stock market’ goes online
December 10, 2018 -
Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF)
GTPA partners with the EIF Programme as part of Africa eCommerce Week
The Global Trade Professionals Alliance (GTPA) is delighted to partner with the EIF Programme on a session focussed on building skills for the digital economy through education, interaction & advocacy as part of Africa e
August 08, 2018 -
Justine Namara, Deanna Ramsay
Making ecommerce connections in the Pacific
Geographical barriers, including isolation from main markets, have resulted in issues for Vanuatu to access international networks and grow its businesses
August 07, 2018 -
Simon Hess
EIF address at the launch event of the Vanuatu National Single Window Project and the eTrade Readiness Assessment
Launching of these specific initiatives demonstrates the progressive vision of Vanuatu to stimulate the economy and leverage opportunities through international trade for delivering growth and development
August 06, 2018 -
Taking trade online
What do a mountainous landlocked country, a post-war African nation, and three small island developing states have in common?
July 26, 2018 -
UNCTAD
Solomon Islands and Vanuatu gear up for e-commerce
Consumers and businesses in two remote Pacific island nations can look forward to a better connected and more prosperous future, according to assessments made by UNCTAD of their readiness to benefit from electronic commerce
July 19, 2018 -
Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF)
Infographic: Vanuatu eTrade Readiness Assessment
The Government has shown a strong interest in adopting economic and social policies that can facilitate the development of the Internet economy, of which e-commerce is one segment. Unlocking its potential will also reduce distance to markets, reduce “sealockedness” and enable Vanuatu to leapfrog certain barriers associated with physical trade
July 19, 2018 -
Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF)
Infographic: Solomon Islands eTrade Readiness Assessment
The current low use of ecommerce in Solomon Islands belies significant potential for the sector to grow swiftly and make economic and socioeconomic contributions to the country
June 20, 2018 -
Craig Atkinson
An Internet of Rules for all: Can "Trade Policy 3.0" foster inclusive trade?
The distinctive character of trade policy 3.0 is that, in addition to “writing down the rules” of trade in natural language (trade policy 1.0) and use of “single window systems” that replicate paper-based delivery in the digital realm (trade policy 2.0), countries are able to publish computational rules to the Internet in a standard way
April 24, 2018 -
Five things to know about least developed countries (LDCs) and ecommerce
New tech uses present challenges – and a host of opportunities – for the world’s poorest countries.
April 24, 2018 -
Deanna Ramsay
Taking action for digital business in Least Developed Countries
Week of discussions fleshes out research results and next steps for electronic trade in the world's poorest countries
April 18, 2018 -
Deanna Ramsay
Five things to know about Least Developed Countries and ecommerce
New tech uses present challenges – and a host of opportunities – for the world’s poorest countries
March 16, 2018 -
ICTSD
Talking ecommerce with Alioune Sarr, Senegal’s Trade Minister
The challenges with which African countries are faced in the context of ecommerce – and which hinder its development – are multifaceted
December 08, 2017 -
Ecommerce in the Pacific: Challenges and opportunities
Ms. Mere Falemaka, Permanent Representative of the Pacific Islands Forum to the WTO in Geneva, shared with us some precious insights about the specificities of the region.
November 10, 2017 -
UNCTAD
Samoa takes important steps to becoming ecommerce ready
The Pacific Island nation of Samoa has made considerable progress in recent years in getting businesses and consumers online but still faces challenges before being fully ready to benefit from e-commerce, an UNCTAD and EIF assessment of the country says.
July 10, 2017 -
Lyonpo Lekey Dorji, Ratnakar Adhikari
Digital can lift the developing world out of poverty. Here's how
Originally published on 10 July 2017 in the World Economic Forum Agenda