20-April-2005
English
The services sector now accounts for over 70% of total employment and value added in OECD economies. It also accounts for almost all employment growth in the OECD area
15-April-2005
English, , 502kb
This report was prepared as an input by the OECD to the United Nations Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG).
14-April-2005
English, , 169kb
Rapid technological changes are facilitating the convergence between WiFi (short for “Wireless Fidelity”) and mobile networks, in particular with 3G networks and resulting in the development of Voice over WiFi (VoWiFi) services.
8-April-2005
English, , 517kb
The report aims to identify the elements of effective domestic frameworks for consumer dispute resolution and redress, examine how they can better address cross-border cases, and consider how increased international cooperation could improve the effectiveness of judicial remedies across-borders.
7-April-2005
English
The OECD publishes a range of statistics by economic activity. The data may originate from annual business surveys, from National Accounts (based on SNA93 definitions) or from the STAN family of databases which gives broad analyses of industrial performance and structural change.
5-April-2005
English
Services are increasingly tradable, mainly as a result of rapid technological advances, in particular in information and communication technologies, and continuing liberalisation of trade in services.
22-March-2005
English
This paper examines the state of official ICT statistics in China and tries to assess ICT development in China from the information currently available.
23-February-2005
English, , 261kb
This paper examines one narrow aspect of the digital divide, the effects of regulatory reform on telecommunication networks. While regulatory reform is only one part of the global digital divide problem, it can play a key role in helping telecommunication markets bridge some of the gaps.
11-February-2005
English
The service sector accounts for about 70% of aggregate production and employment in OECD economies and continues to grow. Countries differ, however, in the role and performance of the service sector. This paper examines the performance of the services sector across OECD countries.
9-February-2005
English
This paper analyses the impact of the PCT data on the European Patent Office (EPO) patent statistics, and explores methods to improve the timeliness of the EPO indicators by estimating the number of PCT applications which enter the EPO regional phase.