OECD Information Technology Outlook 2010

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 Contents
Highlights
Chapter 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
Notes
References
Annex 1.A1
Annex 1.A2
Chapter 2. Globalisation of the ICT Sector
Introduction
World trade
Global ICT goods trade
Globalisation of the ICT sector.
Global investments
Conclusion
Notes
References
Annex 2.A1
Annex 2.A2
Chapter 3. ICT Skills and Employment
Introduction
ICT-related employment
ICT jobs and skills in the post-crisis era
Conclusion
Notes
References
Annex 3.A1
Chapter 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
Notes
References
Annex 4.A1
Chapter 5. Greener and Smarter: ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change
Introduction
Framework
Assessments
Conclusion
Notes
References
Chapter 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 impact
Conclusion
Notes
References
Annex 6.A1
Chapter 7. ICT Policy Developments from Crisis to Recovery
Introduction
Overview: ICT policy priorities and developments
Specific ICT policies and programmes
Conclusion
References
Annex 7.A1
Annex A. Methodology and Definitions