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Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations says the soaring use of data has profound implications not
UNCTAD’s eTrade for Women initiative has joined forces with Deutsche Post DHL Group, a leading player in international logistics, to help women overcome some of the barriers to global digital trade. According to a recent UNCTAD study, inadequate access to reliable and affordable trade logistics is among the top challenges many e-commerce businesses face in developing countries.
A small number of companies such as Google, Amazon, Meta, Apple and Microsoft dominate global digital markets. Their business models heavily rely on massive data collection, storage and processing to achieve market power. This can undermine “competition on the merits” and potentially shut out smaller rivals, as the dominant platforms use the granular data they collect – such as search histories, social networks, contacts and prior purchases – to tailor and micro-target advertisements to specific consumer segments.
While digitalization comes with many economic benefits, its effect on the environment is often overlooked. But the rapidly growing digital ecosystem is exacting a heavy toll on the planet, warned Gerry McGovern, author of the book “World Wide Waste”, on 26 April during a session of UNCTAD’s eCommerce Week 2022. “We are killing the planet through the use […]
Head of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s (UNCTAD) e-Commerce and Digital Economy branch, Torbjörn Fredriksson, and Founder/CEO of