Time: September 2019 

By: The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development - UNCTAD

The rapid spread of digital technologies is transforming many economic and social activities. However, widening digital divides threaten to leave developing countries, and especially least developed countries, even further behind. A smart embrace of new technologies, enhanced partnerships and greater intellectual leadership are needed to redefine digital development strategies and the future contours of globalization.

Digital Economy Report 2019 - Value Creation and Capture: Implications for Developing Countries, the first edition of the Digital Economy Report – previously known as the Information Economy Report − examines the implications of the emerging digital economy for developing countries in terms of value creation and capture. It highlights the two main drivers of value creation in the digital era − digital data and platformization – and explores how current trends of wealth concentration could be replaced by trajectories leading to more equitable sharing of the gains from digitalization.

The Report is attached below:

• Digital Economy Report 2019 - Value Creation and Capture: Implications for Developing Countries