Feedback Form
Home Features Mastermind Videos About Advertise Blog Network Contact
   

Have A Suggestion?
Toronto Salsa Classes / Toronto Salsa Lessons Email us your ideas on how to make our website more valuable! Thank you Sharon from Toronto Salsa Lessons / Classes for your suggestions to make the newsletter look like the website and profile younger entrepreneurs like Jennifer Lopez and Sean Combs!
Have A Suggestion?

Featured Ebook


ebook Famous Entrepreneurs - Modern Empire Builders


Featured Ebook

More Evan Carmichael
Have A Suggestion?


Sales Lessons From Starbucks And Dell

V. INSTITUTIONAL AND POLICY REQUIREMENTS FOR E-COMMERCE DEVELOPMENT

 
African Accounts - Meet The Authors
United Nations , Resource United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Resource
Andrew , amGLOBAL Consulting Andrew Mack
amGLOBAL Consulting
Development , Resource Development Gateway Foundation
Resource
Makerere University , Resource Makerere University Business School
Resource
African Accounts - Meet The Authors
V. INSTITUTIONAL AND POLICY REQUIREMENTS FOR E-COMMERCE DEVELOPMENT
   

Even assuming the physical infrastructure bottlenecks to Internet expansion are overcome and access prices become more affordable in developing countries, a number of other significant policy challenges must be met if governments are to create an environment conducive to e-commerce. E-commerce requires legal norms and standards (covering, for example, contract enforcement, consumer protection, liability assignment, privacy protection, intellectual property rights) and process and technical standards (e.g. regarding the way payments are accepted on the Internet and products are delivered to the final user, security, authentication, digital signatures, and connectivity protocols).

As regards Internet-related technologies, it seems virtually inevitable that many of the norms and standards defining the e-commerce environment will be forged in the more advanced countries. “Standing on the shoulders of giants” makes sense when network externalities and interoperable standards are key to maximising the benefits of e-commerce (Mann, 2000b). Besides an enabling policy environment, merchandise e-commerce also requires complementary physical infrastructure, notably a logistics system capable of timely, secure, and affordable small batch shipping to multiple destinations. The cost for delays can be high even in the United States. A recent BCG study revealed that 19 per cent of online customers said the delivery of their orders either took longer than they expected or never occurred. As a result, many stopped shopping online, while others refused to do more business with the offending e-tailer35.

OECD DEVELOPMENT CENTRE Working Paper No. 164 E-COMMERCE FOR DEVELOPMENT: PROSPECTS AND POLICY ISSUES by Andrea Goldstein and David O’Connor To learn more about this author, visit OECD Development Centre's Website.

Like this article? Share it with your friends
[Get Copyright Permissions] E-Mail | Print | More  


Related Articles Related Articles
4.3 Accompanying Measures: Microfinance in Africa - Experience and Lessons from Selected African Countries
  The capacity of MFIs has an important bearing on the compliance with regulatory requirements. It is therefore important to put in place appropriate measures in the following areas:
VII D. Promote Institutional Investors: PROMOTING STOCK MARKET DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA
  The involvement of institutional investors in African exchanges must be pursued vigorously. Institutional investors often are at the forefront in promoting efficient market practices and financial innovation.
5.0 Diversification and Growth: Economic Report on Africa 2007
  The presentation in the previous chapter has painted a varied picture of the results of Africa’s efforts to diversify its economies. At the same time, regional differences between Africa, Asia and Latin America we...
5.1 The SME Development Policy (SMEDP): Support for Growth-oriented Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania, 2005
  It should be noted that the latest round of SME development policies are very recent. The MIT released its national SME Development Policy in 2003, a process it has been working on since 1998. The SME Development ...
Moving Forward: International Financial Institutions
  The international financial institutions (IFIs) need to continue to provide financial support to countries pursuing sustainable growth and poverty-reduction strategies.

Related Forum Posts Related Forum Posts

Related Forum Posts Related Businesses - Evan Elite Authors
Vwodek Wojczynski
Business Coach and Consultant Vwodek Wojczynski (pronounced Voy-chin-ski) brings fun, awareness, accountability and fresh perspectives based on his diverse experiences in life and business. Born in Poland and educated in Greece and Canada, he is trilingual with 8 years experience in business development with clients in Canada, USA, Switzerland and Poland. His approach is systematic and process-driven. He fuses the know-how of proven business methods with his commitment that entrepreneurs experience satisfaction and joy based on their values, motivations and strengths. He believes that businesses succeed based on their ability to generate value by providing what’s needed and wanted. Ultimately, he trains executives and true business owners - people who work less, produce more, own businesses that run automatically after a while and make a difference globally. His current research focus is the development of intelligent business systems and the application of emerging artificial intelligence technologies in business. He is also an avid traveler, spoken word performer and visual artist. He resides in Toronto, Canada. - Visit Vwodek Wojczynski's Website

Dianne Crampton
Dianne Crampton is an Executive Leadership Coach and Team Building Consultant and creator of the TIGERS team development model. For the past twenty years she has helped leaders and teams achieve goals with high levels of collaboration and teamwork. Crampton is a published author. Her contribution to Working Together: Diversity As Opportunity was endorsed by Stephen Covey. She has written for trade magazines. Merrill Lynch nominated her business for Inc. Magazine’s regional small business and entrepreneurial awards. Her work with Native Americans was recognized at a United Nations sponsored conference in 1994. The TIGERS model passed two rigorous validation studies in 1992 and 1994. The TIGERS Survey is able to measure and track team development over time. Dianne is also the creator and distributor of the TIGERS Team Wheel game. This game helps groups identify behaviors that build collaborative groups and behaviors that cause conflict, morale problems, production failures, and misunderstandings. For more information, or to subscribe to TigerTracks, a free monthly leadership and team newsletter go to http://www.corevalues.com - Visit Dianne Crampton's Website

Dave Kurlan
Dave Kurlan is the founder and CEO of Objective Management Group, Inc., the industry leader in sales assessments and sales force evaluations, and the CEO of David Kurlan & Associates, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in sales force development. Dave has been a top rated speaker at Inc. Magazine's Conference on Growing the Company, the Sales & Marketing Management Conference and the Gazelles Sales & Marketing Summit. He has been featured on radio and TV, including World Business Review with General Norman Schwarzkopf, in Inc. Magazine, Selling Power Magazine, Sales & Marketing Management Magazine and Incentive Magazine. He is the author of Mindless Selling and Baseline Selling – How to Become a Sales Superstar by Using What You Already Know about the Game of Baseball. He created and wrote STAR, a proprietary recruiting process for hiring great salespeople, and he writes Understanding the Sales Force, a popular business Blog and is a contributing author to The Death of 20th Century Selling and 101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life, Volume 2. - Visit Dave Kurlan's Website


The Evan Elite Authors program is currently in beta phase. For details please contact us.


 
About the Author


OECD Development Centre
(Visit OECD's Website)
Created in 1962 by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris, the Development Centre is an interface between OECD Member countries and the emerging and developing economies. The Development Centre occupies a unique place within the OECD and in the international community. It is a forum where countries come to share their experience of economic and social development policies. The Centre contributes expert analysis to the development policy debate. The objective is to help decision makers find policy solutions to stimulate growth and improve living conditions in developing and emerging economies.
Have A Suggestion?

View Author's Video
Become An Author

Free Downloads


OECD Development Centre's

Complete
List Of
African-Accounts
Articles


First Name
Last Name
Email
 
If you enjoyed this article, get OECD Development Centre's Complete List of African-Accounts Articles For FREE!
Become An Author