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E‐commerce in Developing Countries
Author(s) -
Young Judy,
Ridley Gail
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
the electronic journal of information systems in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.41
H-Index - 18
ISSN - 1681-4835
DOI - 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2003.tb00064.x
Subject(s) - developing country , scope (computer science) , trade and development , political science , regional science , international trade , business , economic growth , computer science , economics , geography , programming language
The aim of the following paper is to present a review of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) report, E‐Commerce and Development Report 2002 , which focuses on progress towards e‐commerce in developing countries. The Report presents valuable information and analysis within its nine chapters that will be of interest to many countries. However, it is argued that the Report would have been more useful if UNCTAD had considered how the chapters related to each other, and in particular, how the topics mapped against the entire scope of what is a complex issue. For illustrative purposes, a preliminary framework was developed from the literature and then used for comparison against the issues covered in the Report, revealing gaps. It is recommended that UNCTAD build on the leadership role it has taken in the area by developing a framework of the issues on e‐commerce in developing countries that could be used for future publications in the area.