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Digital trade provision in the AfCFTA: What can we learn from South-South Trade Agreements?
(2021-04)
The Heads of State and Government of the African Union decided to mandate negotiations for an e-commerce protocol to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Originally scheduled to form a “Phase III” of the ...
Impacts de la Covid-19 sur le commerce électronique en Afrique
(2021-03)
Le présent rapport a pour objectif d’analyser l’impact de la COVID–19 sur l’économie numérique en Afrique. Il décrit les mutations qu’a connu l’économie numérique, en mettant un accent particulier sur le commerce numérique ...
Facilitation du commerce électronique en Afrique Centrale: le rôle des services mobiles et les implications politiques
(2021)
Le commerce électronique est un élément clé de l'économie numérique, qui permet aux acheteurs et aux vendeurs d'interagir et de faire des transactions en ligne, quels que soient le moment et le lieu. Il peut procurer des ...
Intégration des réglementations relatives au commerce numérique :profil de pays Nigéria
(2021)
Le Nigéria, qui est le plus grand pays d’Afrique et qui compte de nombreux jeunes, est bien placé pour développer une économie numérique solide, et ce eu égard au besoin croissant de commerce numérique en Afrique. Afin de ...
Enabling e-commerce in Central Africa: the role of mobile service and policy implications
(2021)
E-commerce is a key component of the digital economy, allowing buyers and sellers to interact and transact online regardless of time and location. This has the potential to generate significant social and economic benefits, ...
Regional Digital Trade Integration Index 2.0: A Guide :ESCAP-ECA-ECLAC Initiative on Digital Trade Regulatory Integration
(2024-07)
This RDTII Guide, now in its second edition, serves as a handbook designed to assist policymakers and policy researchers in analyzing digital trade regulations. The Guide complements RDTII version 2.0, a common framework ...
Digital Trade Regulatory Review for Asia-Pacific, Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean 2024:ESCAP-ECA-ECLAC Initiative on Digital Trade Regulatory Integration
(2024-07)
The report underscores the importance of regulatory cooperation in minimizing the fragmentation of digital trade rules, enhancing transparency, and reducing uncertainties, and lowering compliance costs, which disproportionately ...
Regional Digital Trade Integration Index (Version 1): A Guide
(2022)
The regional digital trade integration index (RDTII) results from cooperation among several United Nations Regional Commissions. Its development was initiated at ESCAP in 2020 as part of developing a broader Digital and ...
Digital Trade Regulatory Review for Asia-Pacific, Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean:ESCAP-ECA-ECLAC Initiative on Digital Trade Regulatory Analysis
(2023-07)
The RDTII 2.0 index score gives a sense of the regulations facing digital trade businesses in an economy. The index scores indicate how significantly the regulatory environment adds to the cost of doing digital trade-related ...