Trade and Investment Division
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

 
Harmonized Development of Legal and Regulatory
Systems for E-commerce in Asia and the Pacific:
Current Challenges and Capacity-Building Needs
(ST/ESCAP/2348)



CONTENTS Page
 
Preface
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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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Last updated: 31 January 2005