Information Technology Outlook 2004.

Foreword
 Table of Contents
 Highlights
 ICTs continue to play their important role in the world economy
 The ICT sector is highly and increasingly globalised
 E-business is spreading but adoption of more complex applications is slow
 Now that ICT access is widely available to individuals and households, the digital divide is becoming a "use" divide
 Products and information are increasingly digitised and delivered over information networks
 ICT skills play an ever more important role in the economy
 Emerging technology applications underpin the future contributions of ICTs to the economy. More effective policies can help enhance the contribution of ICTs to growth and employmentChapter 1. Recent Developments and Outlook
 Introduction
 Figure 1.1. Revised estimates of GDP growth
 The ICT supply sector
 Recent developments
 Figure 1.2. Quarterly shipments of ICT goods by segment in the United States, 1999Q1-2004Q1
 Figure 1.3. Monthly inventories-to-shipments ratio for computer and electronic products in the United States, January 1999 to April 2004
 Figure 1.4. Monthly layoffs in the US computer and electronic products industry, April 1995-May 2004. Figure 1.5. Contributions to percentage change in quarterly real private fixed investment by type in the United States, 1995Q1-2004Q1Figure 1.6. Recent trends in output in the Canadian ICT sector
 Figure 1.7. Monthly output in the electronic and electrical products manufacturing sector in Finland, January 2001-February 2004
 Figure 1.8. Monthly exports of ICT goods (NACE 30 + 32) in Ireland, January 1995-February 2004
 Figure 1.9. Growth of monthly production of computer processors in Japan, October 2000-March 2004. Figure 1.10. Growth of monthly sales by IT services industries in Japan, July 2000-April 2004Performance of major ICT firms
 Semiconductors
 Figure 1.11. Worldwide semiconductor market by region, 1990-2003
 Figure 1.12. World-wide semiconductor market by product group, 1990-2003
 Figure 1.13. Worldwide semiconductor market by application (end use) 1990-2003
 Structural change in the ICT sector
 Figure 1.14a. Share of ICT value added in business sector value added, 1995 and 2001
 Figure 1.14b. Share of ICT manufacturing in total manufacturing value added, 2001. Figure 1.14c. Share of ICT services in total business services value added, 2001Figure 1.15a. Share of ICT employment in business sector employment, 2001
 Figure 1.15b. Share of ICT manufacturing in total manufacturing employment, 2001
 Figure 1.15c. Share of ICT services in market services employment, 2001
 Figure 1.16. Share of ICT specialists and ICT users in total employment United States and EU15, 1995-2002
 Figure 1.17. Share of world ICT production accounted for by EU15, Japan and the United States, in 1990, 2000 and 2002
 Industry drivers.