Email and online shopping and banking have become a fact of life. This policy brief looks at how cyberfraud affects the digital economy and what governments can do to protect e-commerce and use of the internet.

The advent of Next Generation Networks is bringing forward a series of innovative opportunities but also a greater array of challenges, touching on competition, interconnection agreements and new business models. Papers and presentations from this OECD Foresight Forum, held on 3 October 2006, are now available online.

This annual report provides an up-to-date collection of copmparative indicators on the performance of education systems in OECD countries, including Australia. Parts of the report are available free of charge online.

The development of digital content raises new issues as rapid technological developments challenge existing business models and government policies. This study identifies and discusses six groups of business and public policy issues, and illustrates them with existing and potential OECD digital content strategies and policies.

Shigeki Kamiyama, Jerry Sheehan and Catalina Martinez examine recent evidence and review macroeconomic statistics related to the development of technology markets. They survey approaches to the valuation of patents and the policy initiatives undertaken by OECD countries to foster patent valuation and exploitation.