1st Edition

Creative Industries and Developing Countries Voice, Choice and Economic Growth

Edited By Diana Barrowclough, Zeljka Kozul-Wright Copyright 2008
352 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

346 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

352 Pages
by Routledge

Pushing the frontiers of the new development paradigm, this book guides debates, clarifies new themes and illustrates how the cultural resources of the developing world can become a new way of integrating into the global economy - helping to raise the voices of developing countries, widening the range of creative choices and promoting cultural diversity and economic and human development.... Read more

Section 1: Voice, Choice and Growth  1. Voice, Choice and Growth through Creative Industries: Towards a New Development Agenda  Section 2: Prospects and Perils  2. Opportunities Presented and Threats Posed by the Digital Production/Distribution Revolution  3. Financing Creative Industries in Developing Country Contexts  4. Film Culture and Industry in Burkina Faso  5. The Music Industry and its Potential Role in Local Economic Development: The Case of Senegal  6. The Sounds of Brazil: The Popular Music and the Music Industry  7. The Audio-Visual Sector in India  8. Copyright-Based Industries in Arab Countries  9. The IPRs and the Music Industry in the Caribbean  Section 3: Policy Responses  10. Promoting Creative Industries: Public Policies in Support of Film, Music and Broadcasting  11. Targeting Creativity through the Intermediary: Regional and Local Approaches in the UK and Beyond  12. The Policy Parameters

Biography

Diana Barrowclough and Zeljka Kozul-Wright are based at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva, Switzerland.

". . . the book provides important information . . . is undeniably an invaluable resource. I heartily recommend it to all: cultural professionals, economists and policy makers, as well as those interested in industrial organization, development policy, evolutionary economics and the creative industries."

– Komlan Agbo, in Journal of Cultural Economics, 2009, Vol. 33