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UN NC CT TA AD D E EE EC C R Re eg gi io on na al l W Wo or rk ks sh ho op p U St tr re en ng gt th he en ni in ng g t th he e S St ta at ti is st ti ic ca al l C Ca ap pa ac ci it ty y o of f M Me em mb be er r S St ta at te es s o of f t th he e S Eu ur ra as si ia an n E Ec co on no om mi ic c U Un ni io on n E in n E E- -C Co om mm me er rc ce e S St ta at ti is st ti ic cs s i Diana Korka ICT Analysis Section l Division on Technology and Logistics UNCTAD's work and initiatives on measuring e-commerce and cross- border e-commerce Moscow, Russian Federation, 9-1 0 February 201 7

Co on nt te en nt ts s C  UNC TAD'sprogrammeon information economy statistics and theP artnership on MeasuringIC Tfor Development  UNC TADB2Ce-commerce index: a global and regional perspective on e-commerce readiness  New initiatives: in search of cross-border e-commerce statistics 2

UNCTAD's Programme on Measuring the Information Economy  Technical assistance to boost the capacity of national statistical systemsto produce internationally comparable IC T indicators  Advisory missions  R egional trainingcourses- build regional networksof IC Tstatisticians  Trainingof trainers  Trainingmaterial  Datacollection and publication: annual UNC TAD survey sent to all national statistical offices: unctadstat.unctad.org  The S wedish International Development C ooperation Agency (S ida) supportsUNC TAD and theP artnership financially in the areaof measuringIC T 3

UNCTAD's Programme on Measuring the Information Economy  S tarted in 2004, in collaboration with the Partnership on Measuring IC Tfor Development  What: to improve the availability and quality of IC Tdata and indicators to inform policy makers  How: build consensuson common methodologiesfor core indicators 4

Focus on Information Economy  C ore indicators  12 indicatorson IC Taccess and useby enterprises(B1 to B12)  2 indicatorson theIC Tproducingsector (IC T1 andIC T2)  2 indicatorson international tradein IC Tgoods(IC T3andIC T4)  Ongoingwork on trade in IC Tservicesand in IC T-enabled services  E ndorsed by the UNS tatistical C ommission  Manual: definitions, standards, model questions  UNC TADManual for theproduction of S tatisticson the Information E conomy - in Arabic, E nglish, F rench, R ussian, S panish  UNC TAD trainingmaterial  R esearch, analysis, findingcommon ground on new proposals: UNC TAD technical noteson IC T4D : unctad.org/ict4d/technicalnotes 5

E-commerce statistics  2 core indicatorson e-commerce (aspart of enterprise surveys):  proportion of businessesbuying online (B7)  proportion of businessesselling online (B8)  proportion of businesseswith web presence (B6), deliveringproductsonline (B12)  Under development: international trade in digital services C onsensusbuilding/discussion forum/sharingof experiences:  International Workshop on Measuring E -C ommerce, 27 October 2015, Bangkok, Thailand, organised by UNC TADand E TDA of Thailand  Measuring E -commerce Day, 22April 2016: http://unctad.org/en/pages/MeetingDetails.aspx?meetingid=1109  WTOUPUUNC TADOE C DInitiative to Improve the Measurement of Cross-border E -commerce  C ontributing to discussion at G 20 Trade and Investment WG 6

E-commerce@UNCTAD: statistics &beyond  J oin us@UNC TADE -commerce Week 24-28 April 2017 unctad.org/ e-week2017  UNC TAD@World S ummit on the Information S ociety F orum (WS IS )  UNC TADis facilitator for the E -businessAction Line; J oin uson 12-16 J une 2017 at WS ISF orum 2017 to debate how e-businesscan become more inclusive  UNC TADcontribution at theWTOPublicF orum 2016 InclusiveTrade  In-depth analysis:  UNC TADInformation E conomy R eport 2015 Unlocking thePotential of E - commerce for DevelopingC ountries  UNC TADcontribution to theG20 discussion on the Development Dimension onDigital Trade, 6-7F ebruary 2017 Berlin  UNC TADTechnical Note In S earch of C ross-Border E -commerce Data  UNC TADB2CE -commerce Index 2016: http:/ / unctad.org/ en/ PublicationsLibrary/ tn_unctad_ict4d07_en.pdf 7

E-commerce@UNCTAD 2.0: E-trade for All  Amulti-stakeholder global partnership to make e-commerce technical assistance information more easily available, create synergies, scale up, increase efficiency  Launched at UNC TAD14, Nairobi, Kenya, 17-22 J uly 2016  Aims to harness e-commerce asa vehicle for the implementation of Agenda2030 for S ustainable Development  R aise awarenessof the unique opportunitiesand constraints to e-commerce  7 thematic policy areas  Online platform to be launched at UNC TADE -C ommerce Week 2017  Includescomponent on datasharing 8

Assessing e-commerce readiness - why  "What can be measured can be improved"  "What getsmeasured, getsmanaged"  UNC TAD: value of global B2Be-commerce wasof $20 trillion and B2C e-commerce of more than $2 trillion in 2015, both risingfast  Next billion online consumersfrom emerging/developingcountries  Trade in goods and servicesissluggish, data flowsexpanding fast  Digital trade can  beharnessed to boost developingcountries' exports  support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity, innovation  Increaseaccessof S ME sto financial servicesand global valuechains  But not all economiesare equally ready 9

UN NC CT TA AD D B B2 2C C E E- -c co om mm me er rc ce e I In nd de ex x 2 20 01 16 6 U In nd di ic ca at to or rs s i in nc cl lu ud de ed d I Technology  Percentage of individuals using the Internet S ources: ITU and E urostat  S ecure Internet servers(per 1 million people) S ource: World Bank Payment solutions  S hare of individualswith credit card (%age 15+) S ource: World Bank F index survey Trade logistics  Postal reliability score S ource: Universal Postal Union 10

B2 2C C e e- -r re ea ad di in ne es ss s i in nd de ex x 2 20 01 16 6 B 11 S ource: UNC TAD2016, based on E urostat, ITU, the World Bank and UP U.

UN NC CT TA AD D B B2 2C C E E- -c co om mm me er rc ce e I In nd de ex x 2 20 01 16 6 U To op p 1 10 0 e ec co on no om mi ie es s, , b by y r re eg gi io on n T Latin America Developing Developing Asia and the Transition Globally economies Africa and Oceania Caribbean economies Luxembourg Korea, Republic of South Africa Korea, Republic of Uruguay Macedonia, TFYR Iceland Hong Kong (China)Mauritius Hong Kong (China)Chile Russian Federation Norway Singapore Tunisia Singapore Brazil Serbia Canada United Arab Morocco Malaysia Costa Rica Ukraine Emirates Japan Qatar Egypt China Argentina Moldova Finland Bahrain Botswana Thailand Mexico Albania Korea, Republic of Uruguay Kenya Viet Nam Jamaica Azerbaijan United Kingdom Kuwait Senegal Iran, Islamic Trinidad & Tobago Belarus Republic of Switzerland Chile Algeria Philippines Panama Montenegro New Zealand Malaysia Ghana India Ecuador Bosnia and Herzegovina 12 S ource: UNC TAD2016.

Ot th he er r E E- -r re ea ad di in ne es ss s I In nd di ic ca at to or rs s O UN NC CT TA AD D C Cy yb be er rl la aw w t tr ra ac ck ke er r U Russian Kyrgyz Federation Belarus Armenia Kazakhstan Republic Does the country have a legal framework for electronic Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes transactions/e-signature? Does the country have a legal framework for data protection/ Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes privacy online? Does the country have a legal framework for consumer No No No No No protection when purchasing online? Does the country have a legal framework for cybercrime Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes prevention? 13 S ource: UNC TAD2016.

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UN NC CT TA AD D C Co or re e I In nd di ic ca at to or rs s o on n B Bu us si in ne es ss s U Us se e o of f I IC CT T U S ource: UNC TADbased on datafrom Belstat, R OS S TAT and K azakhstan C ommittee of S tatistics. Latest data available. 15

Me ea as su ur ri in ng g E E- -c co om mm me er rc ce e: : d da at ta a a an nd d m me et ta ad da at ta a M  Definition developed by OE C D, adopted by the Partnership "sale/purchase of goods and services, conducted over computer networks" - excluding manually typed emails.  Useful distinctions between  B2B, B2C , C 2C , G2B  Domesticand international/crossborder (in Indiaand S ingapore>50% arecross-border, in R epublic of Korea75%domestic)  ViaE DI or viawebsite (see E urostat)  By enterprise sizeclass(attention to small andmedium enterprises)  By main economic activity (IS ICrev.4)  By goodsand services  Few official statisticsbeyond E urostat and OE C D 16