Small Island Developing States need digital connectivity for resilience
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Facts and Figures: Focus on Landlocked Developing Countries
This special edition of ITU’s flagship Facts and Figures series coincides with the third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries. This landmark event presents a once-in-a-decade opportunity to craft innovative solutions that can unlock the full potential of these nations.
Digital technology provides LLDCs with pathways to overcome physical barriers, facilitating access to education, healthcare, and trade. It serves as a catalyst for resilience, empowering these countries to effectively respond to crises and to engage more fully in the global economy. Therefore, it must be a priority on the development agenda for any nation. In this context, Facts and Figures delivers a comprehensive analysis of digital progress in LLDCs, presenting crucial ICT statistics to guide stakeholders toward achieving universal and meaningful connectivity.
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National E-waste Monitor: Namibia 2024
This report summarizes the outcomes obtained from the application of the international framework to measure e-waste statistics and from the use of e-waste tools as Namibia currently lacks the capacity to monitor e-waste quantities. Namibia faces two key challenges in terms of national e-waste recycling: large geographical distances to facilities and comparatively low current awareness among citizens. Other challenges include increasing volumes of e-waste, competition with the informal sector, absence of an established regulatory framework (in development), and lack of financial investments. Namibia has ratified several international and regional conventions and agreements related to environmental management, which are also of relevance for e-waste. Namibia must establish integrated waste management infrastructure for the collection and dismantling of e-waste backed by technical standards and guidelines, and construct new or repurpose existing waste drop-off, pre-treatment, dismantling, and disposal sites. The final goal of this report is to develop a roadmap and recommendations to improve e-waste data quality and availability in Namibia.
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