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E-commerce Services & Digital Economy

This category includes capacity building activities directed to development of e-commerce from the perspective of the physical and regulatory factors, for example reducing barriers to trade across distance via electronic marketplaces, development of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure, and regulatory frameworks. 

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Asian Development Bank(adb)

Summary of activities included in this category
Funding ICT infrastructure in the Pacific
Loan approved in 2015 for a telecommunications project – Myanmar
Loan for medium- and long-term financing to micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises - Kyrgyz Republic

South-South and Triangular Cooperation

South-South cooperation is the process whereby two or more developing countries pursue their individual and/or shared national capacity development objectives through exchanges of knowledge, skills, resources and technical know-how, and through regional and interregional collective actions, including partnerships involving Governments, regional organizations, civil society, academia and the private sector, for their individual and/or mutual benefit within and across regions.

Triangular Cooperation is a southern-driven partnership between two or more developing countries, supported by a developed country or multilateral organization(s), to implement development cooperation programmes and projects.

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Asian Development Bank(adb)

Summary of activities included in this category
South-South Cooperation Initiatives
The Asia-Pacific Trade Facilitation Forum (APTFF)
The SASEC Information Highway project
A project to identify and promote regional supply chains
Communities of Practice (COP) models such as the Capacity Development for Development Effectiveness initiative
ADB and IDB joint South-South cooperation initiative