E-commerce is increasingly leading the way in the global marketplace, taking a bigger share of world trade, creating more jobs, and pushing economic growth, but also challenging Asia’s developing economies.

Although most e-commerce transactions occur in developed markets such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, and Japan, developing countries led by those in Asia are catching up. Many are important buyers and sellers of goods and services online.

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Read the policy brief, The Development Dimension of E-Commerce in Asia: Opportunities and Challenges:

https://www.adb.org/publications/development-dimension-e-commerce-asia-opportunities-and-challenges

Authors:

Aladdin Rillo, ADBI senior economist https://www.adb.org/adbi/about/staff-profiles/aladdin-rillo

Valdimir dela Cruz, former ADBI research associate