Ebook: OECD Information Technology Outlook 2010

Information technology (IT) and the Internet are major drivers of research, innovation, growth and social change. The 2010 edition of the OECD Information Technology Outlook analyses the economic crisis and recovery, and suggests that the outlook for IT goods and services industries is good after weathering a turbulent economic period better than during the crisis at the beginning of the 2000s. The industry continues to restructure, with non-OECD economies, particularly China and India, major suppliers of information and communications technology-related goods and services.  The role of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in tackling environmental problems and climate change is analysed extensively, with emphasis on the role of ICTs in enabling more widespread improvements in environmental performance across the economy and in underpinning systemic changes in behaviour. Recent trends in OECD ICT policies are analysed to see if they are rising to new challenges in the recovery. Priorities are now on getting the economy moving, focusing on ICT skills and employment, broadband diffusion, ICT R&D and venture finance, and a major new emphasis on using ICTs to tackle environmental problems and climate change.Table of Content :HighlightsChapter 1. Recent Developments and Outlook-Introduction and macroeconomic outlook-Recent developments in ICT supply-Prospects for the short and medium term-ICT firms-Semiconductors -Structural change in the ICT sector-Venture capital -ICT markets and spending -Conclusion-Annex 1.A1. Related statistical graphs-Annex 1.A2  Related statistical tablesChapter 2. Globalisation of the ICT Sector-Introduction-World trade -Global ICT goods trade -Globalisation of the ICT sector-Global investments -Conclusion-Annex 2.A1. Related statistical graphs-Annex 2.A2. Related statitsical tablesChapter 3. ICT Skills and Employment -Introduction-ICT-related employment-ICT jobs and skills in the post-crisis era.-Conclusion-Annex 3.A1. Related statistical graphsChapter 4. The Internet Economy in the Post-crisis Era and Recovery -Introduction -R&D spending of top ICT firms -Internet adoption and use -Content industries and the Internet economy-Conclusion-Annex 4.A1. Related statistical graphsChapter 5. Greener and Smarter: ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change -Introduction Framework-Assessments -ConclusionChapter 6. Smart Sensor Networks for Green Growth-Introduction: Sensor technology for green growth -Technology overview of sensors, actuators and sensor networks -Fields of application of wireless sensor networks-Applications and their environmental impactConclusion-Annex 6.A1.Related graphics and tablesChapter 7. ICT Policy Developments from Crisis to Recovery-Introduction -Overview: ICT policy priorities and developments-Specific ICT policies and programmes-Conclusion -Annex 7.A1. Related graphic and tablesAnnex A. Methodology and Definitions