Going Digital: Shaping Policies, Improving Lives
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The document discusses the low fibre subscription rates in the OECD and emphasizes the need for investment in broadband infrastructure, particularly in rural areas, to enable wider access to digital technologies. It highlights the importance of promoting digital skills and innovation, particularly in the context of automation and the changing job market, while addressing digital divides and enhancing civic engagement. Additionally, it calls for improved consumer protection and measures to foster cross-border e-commerce to facilitate trade in the digital economy.
Going Digital: Shaping Policies, Improving Lives
- 1. There are only 7fibre subscriptions per 100 people across the OECD. Invest in broadband infrastructure,especially fibre,to unlock digital technologies’ potential. Improve access in rural and remote areas to connect everyone and everything. 56%of rural households have access to fast fixed broadband, in comparison to over 85% of households in urban and other areas. Enhance access to and sharing of data to un- leash its potential,balancing benefits and risk. Access to data drives innovation, new products, organisational models and markets. ACCESS Prepare for a massive increase of connected people, devices and demand on networks. By 2022, three devices per person will be connected around the globe. x3 2022 56% of rural households 7 subscriptions... ...per 100 people.
- 2. Less than 60%of people visit or interact with public authorities’ websites. Design user-centred digital public services to enhance usage and inclusion. Foster more sophisticated Internet use for all to benefit from digital technologies. of … more sophisticated activities, like online courses (9%), still have great potential to grow. 74% people use e-mail ... 31%of adults have sufficient problem-solving skills for technology-rich environments. 0% 31% 100% Invest in skills to empower everyone to thrive in the digital age. USE Boost diffusion of advanced digital tools, especially for SMEs, to drive productivity. Great potential could be unleashed if more firms, especially SMEs, would perform big data analysis. LargeMediumSmall Bigdataanalysis 19% 33% 11%
- 3. INNOVATION AI start-ups attracted 12%of worldwide private equity investments in the first half of 2018, up from 3% in 2011. 2011 2018 Harness the potential of digital technologies for innovation and science. 3% 12% Over 2013-16, about 33%of OECD countries’ patents were ICTs, compared to about 60% of China’s. Stimulate digital innovation by investing in intangible assets, e.g. patents or software. Open government data boost innovation in the public and private sectors. Realise open government data’s potential to foster digital innovation. 0 100 1110 0101110 000101110011011 010011 10 0001 110 01011101 0 010011100101110 Foster innovation through investment in R&D, especially in information industries. Almost one third of business R&D expenditure is in information industries. Information industries 0% 100% OECD CHN ICTPA TENTS ICTPAT ENTS
- 4. JOBS Ensure that nobody is left behind as labour markets transform. Step up and target training, especially for the low-skilled. Despite high returns on training the low-skilled, firms provide more training to high-skilled workers. Only 0.13%of GDP on average is spent on training of the unemployed and of workers at risk of involuntary unemployment. Over the past decade, 4 out of 10 new jobs in the OECD were created in highly digital-intensive sectors. Promoteeducationandtrainingtodeliveramix ofskillstosucceedinadigitalworldofwork. Support workers to facilitate their transition into jobs with a low likelihood of automation. An estimated 14%of jobs face high likelihood of automation and another 32% are likely to face significant change in how they are carried out. NEW JOBS Highly digital-intensive sectors 73% High skilled 40% Low skilled Workers receiving training Many jobs are likely to change.
- 5. SOCIETY Use digital technologies to increase civic and political engagement. Balance the opportunities and risks of using digital applications for mental health. Harness the potential of digital technologies to address great societal challenges. Address digital divides, e.g. by gender, age and level of education. About 12%of people post opinions on civic or political issues online. About 9%of 15-year olds say they are subject to cyberbullying. Digital technologies can help tackle key domestic and international issues, e.g. improve environmental protection and health care for all. More than twice as many young men than women are able to program. 12%
- 6. TRUST Address digital security, privacy and con- sumer protection concerns to improve trust. Empower everyone to assess and better manage digital security risk. Design and implement more effective measures to protect consumers online. Develop and implement a national privacy strategy with a whole-of-society perspective. Almost 30%of Internet users mistrust social and professional networks. Only 17%of peer platform users read terms and conditions in full. A majority of privacy measures aims to raise awareness and empower individuals. One in fourInternet users in the European Union is concerned about payment security. Privacy
- 7. MARKET OPENNESS Facilitate cross-border e-commerce to push out the trade frontier. 45%of EU firms undertook cross-border e-commerce sales in 2016, up from 42% in 2010. Digitally deliverable services make up about a quarter of total services trade. Cross-border acquisitions of digital- intensive firms grew by 20 percentage points more than those in other sectors over 2007-15. Encourage the spread of digital technologies and cross-border data flows to boost trade. Considerindustryconcentrationwhenreviewing M&As,especiallyofdigital-intensivefirms. Total services trade Digitally deliverable 23% Imports 28% Exports Mergers & acquisitions Firms in the most digital-intensive sectors enjoy a 55%higher mark-up than firms in less digital-intensive sectors. Strengthen competition for firms in all sectors to benefit from digital opportunities. Digital-intensive sectors
- 8. © OECD 2019 March 2019 Going Digital: Shaping Policies, Improving Lives https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264312012-en Measuring the Digital Transformation: A Roadmap for the Future https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264311992-en Going Digital Toolkit oecd.org/going-digital-toolkit Going Digital Project Site oecd.org/going-digital