The Information Economy Report 2015 by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is a policy-oriented analytical report on the development implications of information and communications technologies (ICTs). The report highlights the importance of ICTs in promoting economic growth and development in developing countries. It also provides an overview of the current state of the information economy and identifies key challenges and opportunities for policymakers. The report emphasizes the need for developing countries to build their capacities to measure the information economy and to design and implement relevant policies and legal frameworks. The report uses the classifications of developed and developing countries as defined by the United Nations.