By Devin Wenig, President and CEO, eBay

People are basically good. This is the founding principle of what is now one of the world’s leading marketplaces, enabling over $84 billion of commerce every year.

Based on this simple belief in people, we have used commerce as a force for good, empowering people and creating opportunity for all.

The United Nations placed small businesses, the online marketplace and women at the heart of the 2017 UNCTAD E-Commerce Week.

Credit: Embassy of Italy in Washington DC