These metrics show that US$1.5 billion (or 2%) went to "communications".5 A sectoral breakdown of this information, and FDI in general, would be highly relevant to understand if and how official development assistance is mobilizing private finance in the ICT sector. These methodological concerns are discussed in a final section that examines support to ICT connectivity and e-commerce using different measurement methods, including UNCTAD's eTrade for All e-commerce readiness framework. Information collected through the Aid-for-Trade monitoring and evaluation (M&E) exercise shows that developing countries are formulating policies relating to ICT connectivity and e-commerce. In 2017, 63 developing countries governments replied to the self-assessment questionnaire.