technology
February 08, 2022 -
Ratnakar Adhikari and Taffere Tesfachew
Technology is the key to transforming least developed countries. Here's how
Ratnakar Adhikari (EIF) and Taffere Tesfachew (UNTBLDC) discuss how LDCs can benefit from technology on their path towards structural transformation.
October 22, 2020 -
Désirée van Gorp and Girish Ramachandran
COVID-19 should be the accelerator for e-health in the least developed countries
On transforming healthcare where it’s needed most
August 04, 2020 -
Ratnakar Adhikari
Lessons from LDCs’ responses to COVID-19: From crisis to opportunities?
Originally published in OECD-Development Matters on 6 July 2020
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 06, 2020 -
Michelle Kovacevic
Rwanda setting example for electronic waste recycling
Government and private sector worked together to create jobs in new ‘industry’
July 01, 2020 -
Deanna Ramsay
How to tackle least developed countries' gender gaps in tech use and data
Originally published by Devex on 10 March 2020
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
April 22, 2020 -
Kai Hughes
Technology critical to unlocking the agricultural potential of cotton
Information access via tech could increase yields and incomes for cotton farmers in Africa
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.
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.
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
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.