E Commerce Wto And Developing Countries

Author : Arvind Panagariya,United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Publisher : United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Commerce
ISBN : UCBK:C074882505

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E-commerce, WTO and Developing Countries by Arvind Panagariya,United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Pdf

This paper discusses the policy issues that e-commerce raises for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and developing countries. Electronic commerce offers unprecedented opportunities to both developed and developing countries. In the short term, due to lack of infrastructure in the developing countries, the gains are likely to be concentrated in the developed countries. In the long term, the developing countries have more to benefit and they can gain by skipping some of the stages in development of information technology through which developed countries have had to pass. The author has three policy proposals for developing countries. First, that it would be most appropriate to classify e-commerce as trade with services with GATS discipline applied to it. Classifying e-commerce as goods trade with a permanent zero custom duty pact would liberalise all e-commerce by default, undermining the bargaining power of developing countries. Secondly Internet transactions would be best classified as cross-border trade rather than consumption abroad. The last proposal is that developing countries with the capacity to export skilled services through the Internet, should aggressively negotiate market access with developed countries in the future WTO negotiations aiming to seek liberalisation in the sectors in which they have comparative advantage and recognition of their education, qualifications and skills etc.

Author : Paul R. Baker
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 53 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849291682

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E-commerce and Digital Trade by Paul R. Baker Pdf

E-Commerce and Digital Trade reviews the current frameworks, legal issues, empirical data, WTO member states proposals, and existing literature. It is designed for policy-makers in Commonwealth small states, LDCs, and sub-Saharan African countries to participate in global work on the subject area, including the WTO work programme on e-commerce.

Author : Marc Bacchetta,World Trade Organization
Publisher : Conran Octopus
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Computers
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021545731

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Electronic Commerce and the Role of the WTO by Marc Bacchetta,World Trade Organization Pdf

This study examines the potential trade gains from the rapidly increasing use of the Internet for commercial purposes. It was written as a means of providing background information for the 132 WTO members who are now developing policy responses to this new form of commerce. Written by a team of economists from the WTO Secretariat, it identifies the complexities as well as the potential benefits of trade via the Internet. The book describes the expansion of opportunities that electronic commerce offers, including for developing countries.--Publisher's description.

Author : Rouibah, Kamel,Khalil, Omar E. M.,Hassanien, Aboul Ella
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2008-10-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781605661018

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Emerging Markets and E-Commerce in Developing Economies by Rouibah, Kamel,Khalil, Omar E. M.,Hassanien, Aboul Ella Pdf

"This book provides researchers readers with a synthesis of current research on developing countries experience with e-commerce"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Marc Bacchetta
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:66659224

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Electronic Commerce and the Role of the WTO by Marc Bacchetta Pdf

Author : United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789210572583

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Information Economy Report 2015 by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Pdf

Electronic commerce (e-commerce) is rapidly transforming the way in which enterprises are interacting among each other as well as with consumers and governments. Despite important potential benefits, businesses and consumers in developing countries were for a long time slow to exploit e-commerce. As a result of changes in the evolving landscape for information and communications technologies (ICTs), this pattern is now changing, and e-commerce is growing rapidly in emerging markets and developing economies. Against this background, this publication revisits the potential opportunities and risks of e-commerce and examines how countries can benefit the most from the phenomenon in today's Information Society. Using official statistics and private sector data, it provides an up-to-date review of global and regional trends related to e-commerce in view of changes in the ICT landscape, focusing on developing countries while drawing lessons from developed countries.

Author : Zeinab Karake-Shalhoub,Lubna Al Qasimi
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781847202994

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The Diffusion of E-commerce in Developing Economies by Zeinab Karake-Shalhoub,Lubna Al Qasimi Pdf

Business managers in developing countries would find in this volume a solid background to e-commerce at large, and to its significance within a wider framework of a resource-based view of their business and of the national economic settings within which they operate. The book is of special importance to the academic community of Internet students, as well as for those interested in economic development, by providing a pioneering insight into the issue of e-commerce in developing countries which may emerge strongly in the upcoming years. Aharon Kellerman, Growth and Change Undoubtedly an important contribution. E-commerce is a technology which holds the possibility of levelling the global trading playing field. This book provides a necessary review of current issues in e-commerce in developing economies, and a useful collection of good practice and solid theory for scholars, policymakers and professionals. John Peters, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK This is a road map of some of the challenges governments and companies face, in terms of physical and human infrastructure, as countries wrestle with a rapidly changing commercial environment. As the virtual world conquers ever more of the material world, countries that adapt and adopt to a cyber reality will likely do better. If you are doing business or setting policy in a developing country, you want to understand and address the issues raised in this book. Juan Enriquez, CEO, Biotechonomy, US and author of The Untied States of America and As the Future Catches You The authors of this unique volume provide a timely and valuable perspective on how technology and the Internet revolution are changing business and spurring development across the world, especially in emerging countries. Utilizing a framework grounded in rigorous theory, they provide a fine-grained understanding of electronic commerce adoption processes by public and private sector entities in developing countries. In so doing, they consider how each exchange encounter is shaped by, and in turn shapes, relational characteristics that form the basis for growth and development. Using a resource-based view of economies, the authors hypothesize that differences in the adoption of electronic commerce technologies in developing economies can be attributed to a sense-and-respond capability of governments with respect to new technologies, which they term technological opportunism . One of their main objectives is to establish the distinctiveness of technology opportunities from related constructs, such as innovativeness, and show that it offers a significantly better explanation of technology adoption and diffusion than do existing constructs. The book examines a number of developing countries experiences with electronic government, bringing real life experience to the adoption of an e-government model by looking at the issue from strategic as well as operational perspectives. The volume s ground-breaking research and conclusions will be of great interest to professionals, researchers and students in the areas of e-commerce and economic development; government officials of developing and newly industrialized countries contemplating e-government initiatives; and information technology managers.

Author : OECD Development Centre
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2002-11-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264099562

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Development Centre Studies Electronic Commerce for Development by OECD Development Centre Pdf

This publication shows new information and communications technologies like mobile telephony and the Internet have been affecting low-income communities and small entrepreneurs in emerging economies.

Author : United Nations Publications
Publisher : Information Economy Report
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9211128870

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Information Economy Report by United Nations Publications Pdf

Electronic commerce (e-commerce) is rapidly transforming the way in which enterprises are interacting among each other as well as with consumers and governments. Despite important potential benefits, businesses and consumers in developing countries were for a long time slow to exploit e-commerce. As a result of changes in the evolving landscape for information and communications technologies (ICTs), this pattern is now changing, and e-commerce is growing rapidly in emerging markets and developing economies. Against this background, this publication revisits the potential opportunities and risks of e-commerce and examines how countries can benefit the most from the phenomenon in today's Information Society. Using official statistics and private sector data, it provides an up-to-date review of global and regional trends related to e-commerce in view of changes in the ICT landscape, focusing on developing countries while drawing lessons from developed countries.

Author : Sacha Wunsch-Vincent,United Nations: Information and Communication Technologies Task Force
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005-09
Category : Electronic commerce
ISBN : 0119897393

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WTO, E-commerce and Information Technologies by Sacha Wunsch-Vincent,United Nations: Information and Communication Technologies Task Force Pdf

The purpose of this paper is to take stock and explain most of the IT- and ecommerce- related WTO issues. It provides a historical overview of the WTO's role with regard to e-commerce and IT trade between 1995 and 2003 and provides the contextual background to the complex set of existing rules, categories and debates. Its aim is to inform the representatives of developing nations, civil society, and others who want or need to understand more about the WTO's role in Information Technology governance and policy. Three key questions are addressed throughout the paper: How has the WTO approached e-commerce so far, and what results have been achieved? How can e-commerce be deconstructed into "baskets" of IT goods and services to clarify the issues at stake? How are the interests of developing nations included and addressed in the WTO's current approach to e-commerce?

Author : Anonim
Publisher : United Nations Publications
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111041955

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Secrets of Electronic Commerce by Anonim Pdf

"Guide identifying SME issues and constraints in regard to e-commerce - explains how to develop an e-commerce strategy and conduct online market research; outlines marketing and online communication techniques; answers questions on legal and financial issues; highlights characteristics of successful websites; deals with technical, policy and country-specific issues; online procurement; describes role of ITC in providing assistance in e-commerce; programmes and services offered by other international bodies; appendices include model professional services agreement with website designers; text of UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) Electronic Commerce Agreement; also includes questionnaire for the ITC survey of SMEs and export development organizations on e-commerce on which the guide has been based"--P. ii.

Author : Catherine L. Mann,Sue E. Eckert,Sarah Cleeland Knight
Publisher : Peterson Institute
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0881322741

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Global Electronic Commerce by Catherine L. Mann,Sue E. Eckert,Sarah Cleeland Knight Pdf

Economist Mann and scholars of international studies and electronic commerce offer both general analysis and specific examples of government policies to promote international electronic commerce for the greatest gain. They consider telecommunications, finance, domestic distribution, taxation, privacy, and international trade. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Paul R. Baker (Trade economist)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1848599625

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E-commerce and Digital Trade by Paul R. Baker (Trade economist) Pdf

How a global deal on e-commerce can aid domestic capacity development and the measures that need to be implemented by policy-makers in developing countries are vital issues, yet are not well understood.This policy guide reviews the current regulatory frameworks, legal issues, empirical data, WTO member states proposals, and existing literature on e-commerce and digital trade. It is designed to help policy-makers in capacity-constrained Commonwealth small states, least developed countries, and sub-Saharan African countries to participate effectively in global work on the subject area, including in the context of the WTO work programme on e-commerce.It also provides an overview of the international support mechanisms that are available to allow e-commerce to stimulate trade and economic performance, through technical assistance, capacity-building, and the facilitation of access to e-commerce by micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, including small producers and suppliers in developing countries, and particularly in least developed countries.

Author : United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Publisher : United Nations Publications
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : UCSD:31822031289663

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A Positive Agenda for Developing Countries by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Pdf

This handbook presents a collection of technical papers prepared as background papers in the framework of regional and Ad Hoc meetings held by Member States, in parallel with the preparatory process of the Third World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference. The compilation of papers include: the positive agenda and the Seattle Conference; elements of a positive agenda; special and differential treatment in the context of globalisation; the post-Uruguay Round tariff environment for developing country exports; the interest of developing countries in the next round of WTO agricultural negotiations; trade-related investment measures; technical transfer in the WTO agreements; and electronic-commerce, WTO and developing countries.

Author : United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Commerce
ISBN : UCBK:C075009872

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Building Confidence by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Pdf

Draws on reports of expert meetings and workshops in 1998 and 1999 which focused on exchanges of experiences among enterprises using electronic commerce, technical and legal aspects and economic implications of electronic commerce. Includes selected examples of e-commerce activities in developing commerce.