Digital Trade

The digital economy accounts for 25 percent of global GDP today and as much as 50 percent of value creation going forward. To maximize the digital economy’s potential, policymakers must adopt effective rules and norms to facilitate trade in digital goods and enable the free flow of data, as GTIPA-member reports in this category explore.

The rise of e-commerce in Spain: this is what the online buyer looks like in 2022

Every minute, six million people make an online purchase. Specifically, the 5.7 million searches carried out on Google translate into $434,014 per minute in sales on the network worldwide, according to 2021 data collected by Visual Capitalist .

CompetereWed, 04/13/2022

Opinion: Why is Ghana’s fintech tax not finding favour?

With its new fintech tax, Ghana will slow down anti-poverty effects of money transfer within the country, boost inflation and stifle innovation, argues Bright Simons.

IMANI Center for Policy & EducationSun, 04/03/2022

The Future of Advanced Technology and Basic Research

The Bay Area Council Economic Institute released today (March 29) its Future of Basic Science and Advanced Technology Report and a supporting Basic Science and Advanced Technology Facts-Origins-Trends report, made possible by a grant from the California 100 Initiative. The research team, led by Sean Randolph, examined California’s competitiveness in technology, the technology economy’s roots and assets, and scenarios for its future.

The Bay Area Council Economic InstituteMon, 03/28/2022

Making digitalization work for small businesses in Asia

Correctly leveraged, digitalization offers significant benefits to firms that can navigate new technologies, creating access to new customers and opportunities. By ensuring small businesses have access to digital tools through supportive infrastructure and regulatory frameworks, governments play a key role in advancing the sustainable growth of societies as a whole.

Hinrich FoundationTue, 03/22/2022

Why the digital revolution needs more communication professionals

Journalists and communication professionals are needed in Spain who tell about the technological revolution , who analyze the changes that are taking place and who contribute so that the world of the future -which will be digital- also takes care of people. This is one of the main conclusions of the last meeting #MargaritaBlyEnVivo , the dialogue space of the Margarita Bly think-tank , which on this occasion was aimed especially at Information Sciences students.

DigitalesWed, 03/16/2022

9 tips to strengthen ICT institutions in Colombia

Colombia is at the right time to continue deepening and accelerating the execution of the initiatives and projects contemplated in the normative and regulatory framework that has been forged in the last decade.

TicTacThu, 03/10/2022

Policy Briefs for the Global Solution Summit 2022

Responsive e-governance combines information and communication technologies and modern management practices within a single identity framework that enhances citizen, p

The Institute for Policy, Advocacy, and Governance (Asia Pacific)Wed, 03/09/2022

China's ambitions to set the foundations for global e-commerce

Shaping a new type of information system for e-commerce offers China the chance to bolster the larger strategy of the Chinese Communist Party to control information in the digital era. An advantage in this space enables an advantage in global trade.

Hinrich FoundationTue, 03/01/2022

The Importance of IP

Answers are not always clear-cut when it comes to different policy objectives but any liberal pro-trade agenda must include strong IP rights.

Austrian Economics CenterSun, 02/13/2022

The impact of Dual Circulation Strategy on China’s overseas investments

The international dimension to China's Dual Circulation Strategy can be summarized as the use of the country's domestic savings pool to achieve its geopolitical goals by economic means. This is unlikely to go unchallenged by market economies, and the global trading system will likely suffer further stress as the politicization of every aspect of international economic engagement deepens.

Hinrich FoundationTue, 02/08/2022

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