The Measurement and Analysis of E-Commerce : Frameworks for Improving Data Availability
Interest in the expansion of e-commerce as a driver for economic development, especially ecommerce across borders, has intensified in recent years. While there is an apparent widespread consensus on the environmental factors necessary to promote e-...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/927771578286460819/The-Measurement-and-Analysis-of-E-Commerce-Frameworks-for-Improving-Data-Availability http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33175 |
| Summary: | Interest in the expansion of e-commerce
as a driver for economic development, especially ecommerce
across borders, has intensified in recent years. While there
is an apparent widespread consensus on the environmental
factors necessary to promote e-commerce in developing
countries, the basis of empirical evidence on both the
extent of e-commerce and the extent to which this is
associated with any of its drivers is disappointingly weak.
This paper aims at summarizing the current state of affairs
with respect to the availability of data and suggests some
ways forward in terms of generating an increased supply of
policy-relevant data and analysis. |
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