Global - Regulatory - E-Economy Issues

Synopsis

Archived report. This report was archived in December 2003 and has not been updated. It is well recognised that the new telecommunications technologies offer great opportunities to developing nations to improve their lot. However, their means of achieving full use of these technologies is presently restricted. Several global organisations, such as the ITU, are attempting to foster programs to bridge the gap between developed and developing countries. This report described and discussed the efforts made from 1998 to 2003.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Economic impact of global changes
• 3. Building new communities
• 4. new opportunities
• 5. The e-economy in 2003
  • 5.1 Political Commitment to Global Information Society Needed
    • 5.1.1 The 21st century
  • 5.2 UNCTAD report on e-commerce and development
  • 5.3 ICT’s growth potential linked to the regulatory environment
• 6. Reports from 2001
  • 6.1 The e-economy in 2001
  • 6.2 UNCTAD report on e-commerce
    • 6.2.1 Action Plan
  • 6.3 Government Adoption of Net Services is Slow
  • 6.4 The information ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’
  • 6.5 E-Commerce in Developing Countries (EC-DC)
• 7. Reports from 2000
  • 7.1 Global Internet access by 2004?
• 8. E-Economy Forecasts from 2000
  • 8.1 Nortel
• 9. The 1999 Human Development Report on Internet
• 10. OECD Initiatives (1998)
  • 10.1 Declaration on e-commerce
  • 10.2 E-Commerce guidelines
    • 10.2.1 Guideline principles
    • 10.2.2 Outcome oriented
    • 10.2.3 Committee on Consumer Policy
    • 10.2.4 Europe
    • 10.2.5 North America
    • 10.2.6 Asia Pacific
    • 10.2.7 Guidelines applied
• 11. Related reports

• Table 1 – The Knowledge Economy
• Table 2 – The biggest economies (based on national output) of the 21st century
• Table 3 – Market shares of global e-commerce – 2000