Post Pandemic Covid-19 Economic Recovery: Enabling Latin America and the Caribbean to better harness e-commerce and digital trade
Abstract
This report shows that Latin America and the Caribbean faces critical policy challenges going forward. It must accelerate the digital transformation to allow businesses and consumers to adapt to a new normal and leverage pandemic recovery to create stronger economies, and also tackle long-standing barriers to adopting digital technologies and bridging digital divides. These have impeded sustained and equitable economic growth even before the pandemic struck. This crisis should be a wake-up call for governments, the private sector, civil society, and international development partners to come together and take concerted actions to advance on consistent, long-term, and sustainable e-commerce strategies that are at the forefront of national and regional productive development agendas. Just as digital solutions allowed countries to overcome the increased role of distance within the context of the pandemic in shaping consumption and business, they should also be harnessed to increase regional economic integration beyond this emergency situation.
Abstract
Preface .-- Executive summary .-- Introduction. -- Part I. Global overview of trends and policies to enable e-commerce and digital trade in a post-pandemic recovery. 1 Introduction. 2 Global trends. 3 Impact of the pandemic and policy responses. 4 Final comments .-- Part II. Progress and challenges in e-commerce and digital trade in Latin America and the Caribbean during the COVID-19 pandemic. 5 Introduction. 6 Recent trends. 7 Challenges. 8 Analysis of policy responses. Way forward.