The project identifies regulatory gaps in digital trade and investment, evaluates their economic implications, and formulates policy recommendations. As part of this effort, the DTI team is updating and expanding its database to include ten developing member countries with a particular focus on their alignment with international standards in key areas such as data privacy, cross-border data flows, competition policy, public procurement, foreign direct investment, and intellectual property rights. The first countries included and already available in the DTI open-access dataset are Bangladesh, Georgia, and Mongolia. By June 2025, the dataset will also include Sri Lanka and Timor-Leste.
As part of the project, the DTI team will work on assessing how different pillars of digital trade integration influence economic performance and conducting in-depth analyses of key sectors, particularly services, in relation to digital readiness and regulatory coherence.