E-COMMERCE AND DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2001

The emergence of electronic commerce over the past decade has radically
transformed the economic landscape. For developing countries, the
digital revolution offers unprecedented opportunities for economic
growth and development, as entrepreneurs from Bangalore to Guadalajara
to Dakar will testify. On the other hand, countries that lag behind in
technological innovations risk being bypassed by the competitive edge of
those using the new technologies.

The Electronic Commerce and Development Report 2001 reviews trends that
developing countries need to be aware of as they try to position their
economies to take advantage of ICT and the Internet. It provides basic
facts and figures about electronic commerce and discusses the impact on
sectors of particular relevance to developing countries. It also
suggests, with concrete examples, ways in which developing countries can
create the necessary enabling environment for e-commerce.

The ICT age has dawned, but not yet for all. This Report, which will
serve as a useful reference for the United Nations Task Force on ICT,
aims to help policy makers and practitioners in developing countries
understand the nature of the network economy, and develop the
infrastructure, capabilities, flexibility and openness with which they
can reap its benefits. As a contribution to our collective efforts to
unite the great promise of ICT with the needs of the poor, it merits the
widest possible readership.


URL:     http://www.unctad.org/en/pub/ps1ecdr01.en.htm


TABLE OF CONTENT

FOREWORD

TRENDS AND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Part One
FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT ELECTRONIC COMMERCE

Chapter 1
Measuring Electronic Commerce

Chapter 2
Electronic Commerce and Developing Countries: A Computable General
Equilibrium Analysis

Part Two
IMPACT OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ON SELECTED SECTORS

Chapter 3
Electronic Commerce and Tourism for Developing Countries

Chapter 4
Business-to-Business Electronic Marketplaces: Their Nature, Impact and
Prospects in Developing Countries

Chapter 5
Towards Digital Government

Part Three
ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ENVIRONMENT AND PRACTICES


Chapter 6
Overview of Selected Legal and Regulatory Developments in Electronic
Commerce

Chapter 7
Managing Payment and Credit Risks Online: New Challenges for Financial
Service Providers

Chapter 8
E-Logistics: Delivering the Goods in E-Commerce

Part Four
EXPERIENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES

Chapter 9
E-Commerce in the Least Developed Countries

Chapter 10
China’s ICT Strategy and E-Commerce

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