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ICT ACCESS AND USE IN THE LDCS, LLDCS AND SIDS –OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE
WSIS FORUM 2018
Monday, 19 March 2018
Shamika N. Sirimanne,Director, Division on Technology and Logistics, UNCTAD
Digitalization is evolving fast, creating both:
The net income will be affected by the readiness of countries
Sources: UNCTAD, ITU
Despite a recent leap forward in developing countries, there are still wide disparities
90%are in DevelopingCountries
Of the 750 million people that went online for the first time 2012-2015
% of internet shoppers
>1%In Zimbabwe
>12%In Viet Nam
Against more than 80% in Danemark
In particular a growing digital divide in LDCswith a global connectivity gap
Sources: UNCTAD, ITU
Preparing for the digital economy requires a holistic multi-stakeholder approach
etradeforall.org• African Development Bank
• Economic Commission for Africa
• Economic Commission for Latin
America and the Caribbean
• Enhanced Integrated Framework
• E-Residency (Estonia)
• Inter-American Development Bank
• International Association of
Prosecutors
• International Civil Aviation
Organization
• International Islamic Trade Finance
Corporation
• International Telecommunications
Union
• International Trade Centre
• Internet Society
• United Nations Commission on
Trade Law
• United Nations Conference on Trade
and Development
• United Nations Economic
Commission for Europe
• United Nations Commission for Latin
America and the Carribean
• United Nations Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific
• United Nations Economic
Commission for Western Africa
• United Nations Social Impact Fund
• UNIDO
• Universal Postal Union
• World Bank Group
• World Customs Organization
• World Intellectual Prperty
Organization
• World Trade Organization
• E-commerce readiness
assessment and strategy
formulation
• ICT infrastructure and services
• Payment solutions
• Trade logistics and trade
facilitation
• Legal and regulatory frameworks
• E-commerce skills development
• Access to financing
7policy
areas
28partners
193 potential
beneficiaries
1platform+30
private sector
members
• African Alliance for E-
commerce
• Alibaba Group
• Bangladesh Association
of Software and
Information Services
(BASIS)
• Bizisol
• Burundishop
• DHL
• eBay
• e-Commerce
Association of
Bangladesh
• Etsy
• The European
Ecommerce and Omni-
Channel Trade
Association (EMOTA)
• Fedex
• First Atlantic Commerce
• Gfk
• Grasshopper
• Huawei
• Impact Enterprises
• International Council of
Swedish Industry
• International Federation
of Freight Forwarders
Associations (FIATA)
• Kapruka
• King & Spalding
• Latin American
eCommerce Institute
• Nextrade Group
• PayPal, Inc.
• Pitney Bowes
• Ringier Africa
• TCS Holdings
• TradeKey
• UPS
• vTex
• World Information
Technology and
Services Alliance
(WITSA)
• World SME Forum
e-T.Ready: a spin-off from eTrade for all
• With LDCs special focus
• 7 assessments since 2017• (Bhutan, Cambodia, Lao PDR,
Liberia, Samoa, Nepal, Myanmar)
• More than 8 assessments are in pipeline
e-T.Ready in more detail
Objectives: • To assess countries’ current strengths,
weaknesses, gaps and opportunities in seven policy areas
• To assist policy makers in integrating e-commerce within the National Development Agenda
• To foster partnerships between regulators, banks, ICT providers, and the private sector in support of e-commerce development
Main outcome: • Identification of priority actions that
could be supported by partners
Primary Output: Report with key analytical findings and action matrix
Key features:
demand-driven assessment
provides a basic analysis of the e-commerce situation in the country
identifies opportunities and barriers
helps LDCs to prioritize areas in which they could benefit from assistance by partners
Key findings: bottlenecks for the use of e-commerce
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Cambodia
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Bhutan
Priorities for e-commerce development in Samoa
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ICTInfrastructureand Services
Legal andRegulatoryFramework
E-commerceStrategy
Skills andKnowledge
Access toFinance for
SMEs
Logistics for E-commerce
E-PaymentSolutions
Areas that should receive technical assistance in priority (1 as least important and 6 most important)
Findings common to all assessments to date
Lack of an e-commerce shared vision and strategy
ICT infrastructure is in place in main cities but missing in rural areas
95% of payments for e-commerce are cash on delivery
The lack of postal addressing system for the last mile delivery key logistics barrier
The Legal and Regulatory Framework for e-commerce needs updating
ICT skills often not part of national education curriculum
Financing for e-commerce startups perceived as risky by banks and accelerators are
often missing
Selected tailored recommandations
• Cambodia (Payment solutions): Promote adoption of single e-payment gateway
with National Bank of Cambodia
• Nepal (Legal and regulatory framework): Adopt and enforce cyber security
standards across domestic and international e-commerce service providers
• Samoa (Trade logistics): Access the possibility of pre-clearance of goods a day
before arrival for all shipments
ICT infrastructure is a key bottleneck for LDCs
Improve the current status of ICT infrastructure and services
Improve access and usage of the internet
Reduce the cost of the internet Invest in broadband
The way forward
• e-T.Ready only a first step - implementation is key
• Strong national and international commitment is needed
• National Government must take the lead in next phase
• Leverage the eTrade for all platform to the maximum
• Donor commitment will be needed to scale up
Thank you!
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