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Harmonized Development of Legal and Regulatory Systems for E-commerce in Asia and the Pacific: Current Challenges and Capacity Building Needs, Studies in Trade and Investment No. 54


Author(s): Trade and Investment Division (TID)
Economic Sector(s): (1) Global, regional and multisectoral economic and social development strategies and policies; (2) Communication for development
ESCAP Reference No.: ST/ESCAP/2348
Division/Office: Trade and Investment
Published Date: 28 December 2004
Country: {Non-country Specific Publication}
Hard Copy Price: US$ 25.00


This publication presents comparative overviews of e-commerce legal and regulatory systems in some of the ESCAP subregions, including East Asia, Central Asia, South Asia and the South Pacific. The publication presents specialized papers on e-commerce current issues and challenges in the region, such as electronic contracts, security, jurisdiction and privacy protection issues. Country papers include analysis of e-commerce issues in the Republic of Korea, Singapore and Viet Nam. The publication also discusses capacity building needs for harmonized development of the e-commerce legal and regulatory systems in the region.




Preface
Abbreviations
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PART ONE

I. Benchmarking regional e-commerce in Asia and the Pacific
and assessment of related regional initiatives

II. Harmonization of e-commerce laws and regulatory systems
in South Asia

III. E-commerce legal and regulatory systems in the countries
of Central Asia and the Caucasus
Annex I:      ICT infrastructure indicators
Annex II:     Stakeholders in e-commerce processes
Annex III:    Comparative chart of e-commerce laws

IV. Overview of the regulatory framework for e-commerce
in selected Pacific island countries

V. The e-ASEAN legal framework and its challenge

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PART TWO

I. Current challenges for Viet Nam in developing the legal
and regulatory system for e-commerce

II. National e-commerce legislation in Asia and the Pacific:
the case of Singapore

III. Current issues and developments of privacy protection
in the Republic of Korea

IV. Electronic contracting: legal problem or legal solution
Annex:   Click through agreements

V. Current challenges of developing a legal infrastructure
for securing e-commerce





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PART THREE


I. Capacity-building for harmonized development of
e-commerce legal systems in Asia and the Pacific

II. Conclusions and recommendations of the round
table on capacity-building needs

III.Training-of-trainers programmes for policy
makers, regulators, judges and lawyers
Annex:   Report of the cooperating agencies






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