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Scarlett Fondeur GilEconomic Affairs Officer, ICT Policy Section, [email protected]
Information EconomyReport 2017
Digitalization, Trade and Development
12 October 2017 Internet Society, Geneva
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On the cusp of a new digital economy
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Both opportunities and risksfor developing countries
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Both opportunities and risksfor developing countries
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Digital economy is evolving fast…
Sources: UNCTAD, Cisco, ITU
Developing economies accounted for nearly 90% of the 750 million people that went online for the first time 2012-2015, India (177 m) China (122m).
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But at different speeds and there are gaps …
Sources: UNCTAD, ITU
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The Internet can enable more inclusive trade
…but digitalization does not remove all barriers
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Online labour platforms and cloud workWorking
conditions
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Digitalization changes jobs and skills
4 key changesdue to increased digitalization
1.New jobs and
occupations
created
2. Some jobs will disappear
as a result of automation
3.The conditions of
work will be affected
4. More work will
involve digital skills
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New skills needed in the digital economy
New skills & education
adjustments required
• Strong non-cognitive, adaptive and creative skills
Strategic jobs needed
• Data scientists & analysts
• Cybersecurity
vacancies: 1
million now; 1.5
million in 2019
• Changes in labour
regulations may
be needed to
facilitate new jobs
and skills
transitions
Challenges:
Sources: Melguizo and Perea, European Commission, van Welsum and Lanvin
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Connectingtrade policies
and Internetpolicies
New ways should be explored to strengthen the dialogue
Internet governancediscussions
are multi-stakeholder
Trade negotiations aregovernmentto government
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The policy challenge is multifaceted
Coordination
Effective cross-sectoral collaboration needed within the government and with other stakeholders.
A better measurement
Need to build the capacity of developing countries, and especially LDC, to collect more and better data on relevant aspects of the digital economy.
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The policy challenge is multifaceted
Expand ICT Connectivity
• Secure an open, transparent
telecommunications market
• Attract investment
Adapt trade promotion
policies to the digital economy• Trade promotion organizations can
embed digital tools in their services
offered to small businesses
Trade logistics,
digitalization
and e-commerce
• Adapt to tsunami
of parcels
• New technologies
• Cross-border data
flows
Education
and skills
• Retrain and upgrade the skills
of workers and teachers
• Make use of redistribution
policies
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Boost international supportTo prevent widening digital divides and greater income inequalities, the international community will need to expand its support on a massive scale.
Source: WTO
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Discover the
Information
Economy
Report 2017
on unctad.org/ier
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• E-COMMERCE WEEK 2018
• 16-20 APRIL 2018 in GENEVA
• Second session of the UNCTAD Intergovernmental Group of Experts (IGE) on E-commerce and the Digital Economy
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Key facts
More than
1'000 participants
in 2017
5 day-event including
a 3-day dedicated meetings
of experts (IGE 2018) on
leveraging platforms and
digital entrepreneurship for
development
1 high-level
conversation, eTrade
for all private partners
meeting, networking
opportunities … and
much more…
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Thank you!