Browse the latest publications released by our partners on e-commerce and the digital economy.
UNCTAD - eTrade Readiness Assessment Irak
ISOC - Insights from Internet Society’s 2020 Public Pulse Survey
ITU - How broadband, digitization and ICT regulation impact the global economy
WTO - Report on G20 Trade Measures (may - oct 2020)
ESCAP - Realizing Digital Potential in North and Central Asia
WEF - The Future of Jobs Report 2020
WEF - Future Series: Cybersecurity, emerging technology and systemic risk
ITC - African market trends in technology services: Country profiles
ECLAC - Building a New Future -Transformative Recovery with Equality and Sustainability
ECLAC - The Caribbean Outlook - Forging a people-centred approach to sustainable development post-COVID-19
WEF - Facilitation 2.0 Trade and Investment in the Digital Age
ITC - WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS An Action Plan to ‘Build Back Better’
ITU - Bridging the Digital Innovation Divide: A toolkit for developing sustainable ICT-centric ecosystem projects
WEF - Advancing Digital Trade in Asia
WEF - Markets of Tomorrow: Pathways to a New Economy
World Bank - Trading Together : Reviving Middle East and North Africa Regional Integration in the Post-COVID Era
ITC - Building Bridges to New e-Commerce Markets: A blueprint for small and medium-sized enterprises
WEF - Cyber Information Sharing: Building Collective Security
IDB - Digital rural gender divide in Latin America and the Caribbean
ITU - Digital Skills Insights 2020
UPU - 2020 Postal Development Report
ECLAC - Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean
WTO Trade Profiles 2020
World Bank - Philippines Digital Economy Report 2020
CNUCED - Niger Evaluation rapide de l'état de préparation au commerce électronique
Commonwealth Fintech Toolkit
ECLAC - Latin American Economic Outlook 2020: Digital transformation for building back better
UPU - Postal economic outlook 2020
ESCAP - Financing Structure, Micro and Small Enterprises’ Performance, and Woman Entrepreneurship in Indonesia
CUTS - Note Establishing Data Centres in Developing Countries
CUTS - Women and Tech : Bringing Gender Equality in the Digital Ecosystem
ITU - Internet Impact Assessment Toolkit
ISOC - Internet Way of Networking Use Case - Data Localization
ISOC - The Internet Way of Networking Defining the critical properties of the Internet
Internet Society - Internet Way of Networking Use Case Data Localization
WEF - Harnessing Technology for the Global Goals: A framework for corporate action
UNCDF - People's Money, Harnessing Digitalization to Finance a Sustainable Future
ITU - The State of Broadband: Tackling digital inequalities
IDB - Self-Sovereign Identity: The Future of Identity: Self-Sovereignity, Digital Wallets, and Blockchain
UNECE - White Paper on Blockchain in Trade Facilitation
UNCDF - Empowered Customers: Leaving No One Behind in the Digital Era
World Bank - Digitization of Agribusiness Payments in Africa
ITU - Connecting Humanity
Joint Statement on the Contribution of International Trade and Supply Chains to a Sustainable Socio-Economic Recovery in Covid-19 times
UNCDF - Women entrepreneurs and Artificial Intelligence in Anhui Province, China
Internet Society - The Internet Way of Networking: Defining the critical properties of the Internet
ECLAC - 15 years of the regional dialogue on digital technologies - eLAC2020
ESCAP - Bridging the digital divide for inclusive broadband access
ITU - Digital Regulation Handbook Conference edition
ITU - Costing and Pricing Methodologies in the Digital Economy
ITU - A Roadmap Toward a Common Framework for Measuring the Digital Economy
ITU - Manual for measuring ICT access and use by households and individuals
WIPO - Global Innovation Index 2020
South Centre - Data in Legal Limbo: Ownership, sovereignty, or a digital public goods regime?
UNCTAD - Intergovernmental Group of Experts on E-commerce and the Digital Economy 4th Session
Women, ICT and emergency telecommunications - opportunities and constraints
IDB - Inclusion in Times of Covid-19
UN Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Arab Region An Opportunity to Build Back Better
World Bank and WTO - Women and Trade: The role of trade in promoting gender equality
UN Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on South-East Asia
CUTS - Data Localisation India’s Double-Edged Sword
ECLAC - Tracking the digital footprint in Latin America and the Caribbean: Lessons learned from using big data to assess the digital economy
UNCDF - Distribution des Services Financiers Numériques en Zone Rurale
ITU - The economic contribution of broadband, digitization and ICT regulation: Econometric modelling for the ITU Europe region
ITU - The Global E-waste Monitor 2020
UNCDF - Findex Dashboards
WEF - Accelerating Digital Inclusion in the New Normal
WEF - Redesigning Data Privacy: Reimagining Notice & Consent for human technology interaction
ITU- Economic contribution of broadband, digitization and ICT regulation: Econometric modelling for the ITU Commonwealth of Independent States region
World Bank - World Development Report 2019
Internet Society 2020 Action Plan
WEF - Shaping the Future of the Internet of Bodies: New challenges of technology governance
ESCWA - Arab Digital Development Report 2019
UNIDO - COVID-19 Implications & Responses Digital Transformation & Industrial Recovery
ITU - Pandemic in the Internet Age: communications industry responses
Accelerating Digital Transformation in Zambia : Digital Economy Diagnostic Report
Digital Solutions in a Time of Crisis : Uganda Economic Update, 15th Edition
East Africa Economic Outlook 2020 - Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic
UNCTAD - Practices on E-Commerce: TrainForTrade Case Studies in South-East Asia
ITC - Tech Hubs in Africa: Supporting Start-Ups (2nd edition)
Internet Society - Anchoring the African Internet Ecosystem
IDB - From Structures to Services
ECLAC - Key findings of the Internet & Jurisdiction and ECLAC: Regional Status Report 2020
WEF - Incentivizing Responsible and Secure Innovation: A framework for entrepreneurs and investors
Commonwealth - Digitalising Trade Facilitation Implementation
UNCDF Savings Groups' Linkages Toolkit
CUTS - Mobilising E-Commerce for Development in Africa through AfCFTA
CUTS - Mainstreaming Gender in Key E-Commerce Policy Areas, Possible Lessons for AfCFTA
CUTS - Investigating the centrality of gender equality to fostering progress in international trade through the framework of the 2030 Agenda
ITC - COVID-19: The Great Lockdown and its Impact on Small Business
UN Secretary-General's Roadmap for Digital Cooperation
IDB - Transparency and Digital Government: The Impact of COMPR.AR in Argentina
WEF - Data Free Flow with Trust (DFFT)
ESCAP - E-commerce provisions in RTAs: Implications for negotiations and capacity building
WEF - A Roadmap for CrossBorder Data Flows: Future-Proofing Readiness and Cooperation in the New Data Economy
UNCDF - Diagnostic de L'Écosystème des Services Financiers Numériques à Madagascar
WEF - Connecting Digital Economies: Policy Recommendations for Cross-Border Payments
World Bank - Global Economic Prospects
ITU World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly 2020 Background Paper
ITU - Broadband development and connectivity solutions for rural and remote areas
UPU - The COVID-19 crisis and the postal sector
ITU - Digital Skills Assessment Guidebook
CUTS - Mobilising E-Commerce for Development in Africa through AfCFTA
CUTS - The Role of AfCFTA in the Digital Era
South Centre - National Measures on Taxing the Digital Economy
World Bank - Global Investment Competitiveness Report 2019/2020
ECLAC - Report on the economic impact of COVID-19 on Latin America and the Caribbean
WTO - Trade in Services in the Context of COVID
UNCDF - Enabling Policy and Regulation: Leaving No One Behind in the Digital Era
Internet Society - Middle East & North Africa Internet Infrastructure Report
WEF - Cybersecurity Leadership Principles: Lessons learnt during the COVID-19 pandemic to prepare for the new normal
ITU - Measuring digital development ICT Price Trends 2019
UNCDF - COVID-19 changing the landscape for migrants and remittances
UNECA - The Data Revolution in North Africa
World Bank - Recommendations to Leverage E-Commerce During the COVID-19 Crisis
UPU - How COVID-19 is changing the world: a statistical perspective
CUTS - Electronic Commerce in Trade Agreements
UNECE - White Paper Blockchain in Trade Facilitation Version 2
IDB - Digital Technologies for Better Justice- A Toolkit for Action
UNECA - COVID-19 in Africa : Protecting Lives and Economies
UNCTAD - COVID-19: A 10-Point Action Plan to Strengthen International Trade and Transport Facilitation in Times of Pandemic
UNCTAD Estimates of Global E-Commerce 2018
UNCDF - Youth Entrepreneurs Engaging in the Digital Economy
ITU - Global ICT Regulatory Outlook 2020
CEPAL - Las oportunidades de la digitalización en América Latina frente al Covid-19
CUTS - Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Consumers
UNCTAD - The COVID-19 Crisis: Accentuating the Need to Bridge Digital Divides
WBG - East Asia and Pacific in the Time of COVID-19
WBG - Digital Trade in MENA
UNECA - Trade Policies for Africa to Tackle Covid-19
Internet Society - 2019 Impact Report
UNCDF - Women as Builders of the Digital Economy
UNESCAP - The Impact and Policy Responses for COVID-19 in Asia and the Pacific
UPU - E-Commerce Guide 2020
UNECA - Creating a Unified Regional Market
World Bank - Leveraging ICT Technologies in Closing the Gender Gap
UN - Roadmap for Financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
The State of the Digital Economy in the Commonwealth
UNCDF - Managing a Mobile Money Agent Network in Fiji
WEF - The Global Risk Report 2020
IS - 2019 Consolidation in the Internet Economy
UNCTAD - Mali Rapid eTrade Readiness Assessment
UNCTAD - Trade Facilitation in Developing Countries: Can Blockchain Prompt a Leap Forward?
CUTS - Le commerce électronique au sein de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce
Lesotho Digital Economy Diagnostic
SOUTH CENTRE - Quarterly Report, Oct - Dec 2019
Consumers International - Social Media Scams: Understanding the Consumer Experience to Create a Safer Digital World
ECLAC - International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2019
UNCDF - Digital Finance for Energy Access in Uganda
African Union - First Continental Report on the Implementation of Agenda 2063
AfDB- African Economic Outlook 2020
UPU - Role of the Post in expanding access to digital finance
OECD, WTO, IMF - Handbook on Measuring Digital Trade, Version 1
UNCTAD - Restoring competition in "winner-took-all" digital platform markets
ESCWA - Arab Horizon 2030: Digital Technologies for Development
WEF - Reimagining Digital Identity: A Strategic Imperative
DiploFoundation - the EU’s new commission: Digital policy in the limelight
UN - World Economic Situation and Prospects 2020
ESCAP - An integrated approach for assessing national e-commerce performance
eResidency - Business Guide for e-Residents
ITU - On the road to digital transformation through meaningful connectivity (BDT Year in Review 2019)
ESCAP - Selected issues in cross-border e-commerce development in Asia and the Pacific
WEF - Inclusive Deployment of Blockchain for Supply Chains Part 2 – Trustworthy verification of digital identities
UNECE - Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation Implementation in the UNECE Region
WEF - Exploring International Data Flow Governance
World Bank Group - Unleashing E-Commerce for South Asian Integration
WEF - Competition Policy in a Globalized, Digitalized Economy
UNCTAD B2C e-commerce index 2019
UNCTAD- Kiribati Rapid eTrade Readiness Assessment
South Africa Digital Economy Diagnostic
Nigeria Digital Economy Diagnostic Report
DiPLO - Final report from the 14th Internet Governance Forum
WEF - Corporate Tax, Digitalization and Globalization
ITU - Digital Skills Insights 2019
ESCAP - Promoting the Role of Women’s Transformative Leadership to Achieve the SDGs in Asia and the Pacific
ITU - World Radiocommunication Conference 2019
UNCTAD- Tuvalu Rapid eTrade Readiness Assessment
Diplo Foundation - Internet Governance Acronym Glossary
ITC - Diversifying Trade in Africa
UNIDO - Industrial Development Report 2020
WB - World Development Report 2020 : Trading for Development in the Age of Global Value Chains
WIPO Report 2019 - The Geography of Innovation: Local Hotspots, Global Networks
Ghana Digital Economy Diagnostic
ITU - Measuring digital development: Facts and figures 2019
UNIDO- BRICS plus E-commerce Development Report in 2018
AfDB: Potential of the fourth industrial revolution in Africa
ITU - UNESCO - Connecting Africa Through Broadband - A strategy for doubling connectivity by 2021 and reaching universal access by 2030
ESCAP - Artificial Intelligence in the Delivery of Public Services
WEF - The Global Competitiveness Report 2019
WTO - World Trade Report 2019: The future of services trade
WEF - Agile Governance for Creative Economy 4.0
ITU - Small island developing states (SIDS) and ICTs Mid-term review of the Samoa Pathway
UNECA - UNHR - Digital Trade in Africa - Implications for Inclusion and Human Rights
United Nations Activities on Artificial Intelligence (AI)
UN Task Force: Harnessing Digitalization in Financing of the Sustainable Development Goals
ITU - Turning digital technology into climate action
ISOC - Are Organizations Ready for New Privacy Regulations?
ITU - The State of Broadband 2019: Broadband as Foundation for Sustainable Development