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DIGITALIZATION, TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
INFORMATION
ECONOMY REPORT2017
New York and Geneva 2017
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
DIGITALIZATION, TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
INFORMATION
ECONOMY REPORT2017
GE.17-18664(E)
Information Economy Report 2017:
Digitalization, Trade and Development
Corrigendum
Chapter II, page 16
For Cross-border B2C e-commerce: $7 billion in 2015 read Cross-border B2C
e-commerce: $189 billion in 2015
For Global Internet traffic 66 times higher in 2019 than in 2015 read Global Internet traffic
66 times higher in 2019 than in 2005
Chapter IV, page 62
For Strong cognitive, adaptive and creative skills read Strong non-cognitive, adaptive and
creative skills
United Nations UNCTAD/IER/2017/Corr.1
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on Trade and Development
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23 October 2017
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NOTE
Within the UNCTAD Division on Technology and Logistics, the ICT Analysis Section carries out policy-oriented
analytical work on the development implications of information and communications technologies (ICTs) and
e-commerce. It is responsible for the preparation of the
Information Economy Report
. The ICT Analysis Section
promotes international dialogue on issues related to ICTs for development, and contributes to building developing
countries’ capacities to measure the information economy and to design and implement relevant policies and
legal frameworks. The Section is also managing the
eTrade for all
initiative.
In this Report, the terms country/economy refer, as appropriate, to territories or areas. The designations
employed and the presentation of the material do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part
of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its
authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. In addition, the designations of country
groups are intended solely for statistical or analytical convenience, and do not necessarily express a judgement
about the stage of development reached by a particular country or area in the development process. The major
country groupings used in this Report follow the classifcation of the United Nations Statistical Offce. These are:
Developed countries: the member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
(OECD) (other than Chile, Mexico, the Republic of Korea and Turkey), plus the European Union member
countries that are not OECD members (Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Lithuania, Malta and Romania), plus Andorra,
Liechtenstein, Monaco and San Marino. Countries with economies in transition refers to those in South-East
Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Developing economies in general are all the economies
that are not specifed above. For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include those for Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region of China (Hong Kong, China), Macao Special Administrative Region of China
(Macao, China) or Taiwan Province of China. An excel fle with the main country groupings used can be
downloaded from UNCTADstat at: http://unctadstat.unctad/EN/Classifcations.html.
Reference to companies and their activities should not be construed as an endorsement by UNCTAD of those
companies or their activities.
The following symbols have been used in the tables:
Two dots (..) indicate that data are not available or are not separately reported. Rows in tables have been
omitted in those cases where no data are available for any of the elements in the row;
A dash (–) indicates that the item is equal to zero or its value is negligible;
A blank in a table indicates that the item is not applicable, unless otherwise indicated;
A slash (/) between dates representing years, e.g. 1994/95, indicates a fnancial year;
Use of an en dash (–) between dates representing years, e.g. 1994–1995, signifes the full period involved,
including the beginning and end years;
Reference to “dollars” ($) means United States dollars, unless otherwise indicated;
Annual rates of growth or change, unless otherwise stated, refer to annual compound rates;
Details and percentages in tables do not necessarily add up to the totals because of rounding.
The material contained in this study may be freely quoted with appropriate acknowledgement.
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PREFACE
PREFACE
These are still the early days of the digital economy.But already it is clear that it has had, and will continue to
have, globally transformative impacts on the way we live, work and develop our economies.As the world strives
to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – our universal blueprint for building peaceful,
prosperous societies on a healthy planet – harnessing the great power of information and communications
technologies can be one of the keys to success, including by opening new pathways of development and helping
countries gain access to the global store of knowledge.The developing world itself is showing great leadership
in technological innovations that can spur their own growth while benefting the world.
At the same time, we know that large parts of the developing world remain disconnected from the Internet, and
many people lack access to high-speed broadband connectivity.Policymaking at the national and international
levels needs to mitigate the risk that digitalization could widen existing divides and create new gaps.Moreover,
since increased reliance on digital technologies, such as cloud computing, three-dimensional printing, big data
and “the Internet of things”, is certain to infuence most industries and global value chains, it is essential to start
assessing opportunities and pitfalls alike, and to prepare for what is coming.
The enormous scope and considerable uncertainty associated with the next digital shift call for more facts,
dialogue and action by all stakeholders The analysis contained in the
Information Economy Report 2017:
Digitalization, Trade and Development
contributes to this process and proposes ways in which the international
community can reduce inequality, enable the benefts of digitalization to reach all people and ensure that no one
is left behind by the evolving digital economy
António Guterres
Secretary-General
United Nations
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