By Simonetta Zarrilli and Mariana Lopez Informality is pervasive across the developing world. It is estimated that a substantial share (30%-40%) of Africa’s regional trade is informal, and that four times as many cross border traders are likely [c]
Only 66% of the countries in the world safeguard people’s data and privacy, despite an 11% point increase in the adoption of data protection and privacy legislation in the period 2015-2020, according to new UNCTAD [c]
Global online (or e-commerce) sales hit $25.6 trillion in 2018, up 8% from 2017, according to the latest available estimates released today by the UN’s trade and development body, UNCTAD, at the start of its [c]
The global crisis arising from the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has pushed people further into a digital world, and changes in behaviour are likely to have lasting effects when the economy starts to pick up, even [c]
Five successful women entrepreneurs who have broken new digital ground and created wealth and employment in various developing countries will be unveiled on the margins of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) [c]
The 2012 edition of UNCTAD’s Technology and Innovation Report will be launched in Nairobi on October 31, 2012 at United Nations headquarters in Gigiri. The report will be launched at 11am by Prof Oyebanji Oyeyinka [c]
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