Launch of the UN Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation 2023
Launch of the UN Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation 2023 Read More »
ECLAC
Digital trade regulatory review for Asia-Pacific, Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean
This report is part of the collaborative efforts between the three United Nations Regional Commissions (UNRCs): 21 (ESCAP), 28 (ECA), and 20 (ECLAC) under the ESCAP-ECA-ECLAC Digital Trade Regulatory Analysis Initiative. The report provides a preliminary step towards better understanding the digital trade policy environment within and between Asia-Pacific, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. The report presents an overview of the digital trade policy landscape in the three regions, based on the regulatory data collections in 2022 from 69 pilot economies in the three regions. The data collection and analysis are based on the ESCAP-ECA-ECLAC common framework of the Regional Digital Trade Regulatory Integration Index (RDTII) 2.0*. The report also proposes recommendations for enhancing digital trade integration within and between the three regions.
*Please see the RDTII Version 1.0: A Guide for information about the RDTII framework (The updated guide for RDTII Version 2.0 is forthcoming).
Gender equality and women’s and girls’ autonomy in the digital era: contributions of education and digital transformation in Latin America and the Caribbean
Regional Consultation prior to the Sixty-Seventh Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, whose priority theme is “Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital era to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls,” within the framework of the 64th Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Improving broadband quality and affordability in the Caribbean: Policies to advance digital inclusion in the subregion
In this digitally transforming world, digital inclusion is becoming increasingly important to social inclusion and sustainable development. Affordable access to broadband is an essential precondition to digital inclusion. Internet quality, as measured by speed and other indicators, is also important, as digital inclusion is ultimately about ensuring equal access to the benefits and opportunities offered by digital technologies and the Internet. This policy brief provides insight into Internet speed and affordability across the Caribbean, and offers some recommendations for policymakers working with digital technologies and telecommunications.
Practices and initiatives for the development of cross-border e-commerce in Latin America and the Caribbean and its impact in the post-pandemic era
E-commerce fosters innovation and contributes to the process of digital transformation of MSMEs through the implementation of digital technologies, new business practices and new business models, which can improve the efficiency and productivity of companies beyond the effects on access to new national and international markets. This document presents some practices and policies that governments in Latin American and Caribbean countries have implemented before and after the COVID-19 pandemic to promote the participation of MSEs in cross-border e-commerce, including measures to deepen the penetration of the Internet, as well as encourage the adoption of technology-based business models.