Electronic Commerce 7. The potential benefits of e-commerce for the developing world are immense.
Any company can enter global markets where size and location have become rather irrelevant.
Success in e-commerce will have an immediate impact not only on productivity and profits, but also generate new jobs, employment and livelihoods. Although conditions and costs for market entry have been lowered, obstacles still exist for actors from developing countries. This section will focus on some of the challenges and constraints. There is currently a lack of awareness and knowledge in developing countries about e-commerce. Among the private sector in particular, regional differences in the level of awareness have been observed.