UNCTAD DIGITAL PUBLISHING

BY KEITH NUTHALLDIGITAL publishing is being promoted by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to help unleash economic growth in developing countries, although it warns that these states need to improve their copyright protection. UNCTAD - which provides economic and technical advice to the developing world - has released an E-commerce and Development Report 2002 - suggesting ways of promoting digital publishing in countries lacking an efficient publishing industry. Said an UNCTAD note: "By lowering production costs and cutting out ...


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