This report sets the scene for the discussion of Panel 4.2 "Skills for a Digital World" of the OECD Ministerial Meeting on the Digital Economy, 21-23 June 2016, Cancún (Mexico). It provides new evidence on the effects of digital technologies on the demand for skills and discusses key policies to foster skills development for the digital economy. The report was prepared by Michele Rimini and Vincenzo Spiezia, OECD, for the Working Party on Measurement and Analysis of the Digital Economy (MADE). It was approved and declassified by the Committee on Digital Economy Policy on 13 May 2016 and prepared for publication by the OECD Secretariat. Note to Delegations: This document is also available on OLIS under reference code: DSTI/ICCP/IIS(2015)10/FINAL This document and any map included herein are without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area. The statistical data for Israel are supplied by and under the responsibility of the relevant Israeli authorities. The use of such data by the OECD is without prejudice to the status of the Golan Heights, East Jerusalem and Israeli settlements in the West Bank under the terms of international law.
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