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UNCTAD E-Commerce and Development Report 2004

"Information and communications technologies have considerable potential to promote development ... the use of ICTs can bring impressive gains in employment, gender equality and standards of living."
From the foreword by SG Kofi Annan

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244 pages, 10 MB
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UN Doc. N°:
UNCTAD/SDTE/
ECB/2004/1
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Overview:
UN Doc. N°:
UNCTAD/SDTE/
ECB/2004/1 (SUM.)

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Table of contents
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Foreword and Overview
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Chapter 1.
Information and communication technologies for economic development:
Issues for international dialogue
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Chapter 2.
E-business and SMEs: A survey of of Latin America
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Chapter 3.
Creative industries and digital and Internet technologies:
The case of music
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Chapter 4.
Online higher education: Issues for developing countries
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Chapter 5.
E-government: E-procurement and developing e-business capacity
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Chapter 6.
Protecting privacy rights in an online world
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Chapter 7.
Assessing competitiveness in the ICT sector: The case of Tunisia
 
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The authors
The E-commerce and Development Report is produced by the staff of the UNCTAD Electronic Commerce Branch. The report provides an analysis of current themes and issues in e-commerce, e-business, the effect of ICT on trade, economic performance and development and the global information economy, and how these relate to the development priorities of developing countries.
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