The role of communication infrastructure investment in economic recovery (OECD Digital Economy Paper 154)

This paper argues that policy makers need to evaluate the costs and benefits of any public investment in telecommunication infrastructure and select projects which can stimulate current demand but simultaneously expand the productive capacity of the economy in the longer term.

Universal Access Funds with Minimum-Subsidy Auctions

This report discusses ways of extending telecommunication infrastructure services to the rural poor in developing countries.

Network externality premiums and international telecommunication traffic exchange (OECD Digital Economy Paper 152)

This paper examines the economic impact of proposals to add a non-cost “premium” to international telecommunication charges. This work follows up on earlier OECD work which examined international traffic exchange.

Online Identity Theft

This book defines identity theft, studies how it is perpetrated, outlines what is being done to combat it, and recommends specific ways to address it in a global manner.

Related Documents

• OECD Guidelines for Consumer Protection in the Context of Electronic Commerce (1999)
• OECD Policy Guidance on Online Identity Theft
• Computer Viruses and Other Malicious Software: A Threat to the Internet Economy
• OECD Policy Guidance for Addressing Emerging Consumer Protection and Empowerment Issues in Mobile Commerce
• Promoting Consumer Education: Trends, Policies and Good Practices
• Privacy Online: OECD Guidance on Policy and Practice
• OECD Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data

Computer Viruses and Other Malicious Software: A Threat to the Internet Economy

Malware attacks are increasing both in frequency and sophistication, thus posing a serious threat to the Internet economy and to national security. This book is a first step toward addressing the threat in a comprehensive, global manner.

Related Documents

• Proactive Policy Measures by Internet Service Providers against Botnets (OECD Digital Economy Paper, 2012)
• The Role of Internet Service Providers in Botnet Mitigation: An Empirical Analysis Based on Spam Data (OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers, 2010)
• Economics of Malware: Security Decisions, Incentives and Externalities (OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers, 2008)
• APEC-OECD Malware Workshop (2007)
• Online Identity Theft (2009)
• OECD Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data
• What is the OECD Working Party on Information Security and Privacy (WPISP)?