The Cultural Trade Index : An Introduction

The Cultural Trade Index : An Introduction

The Cultural Trade Index aims to shed light on cultural trade and stimulate interest in how this little-known area can contribute to economic diversification, boost shared prosperity, and reduce extreme poverty. As the first index of its kind, the...

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Main Author: Kabanda, Patrick
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
culture in development
creative economy
cultural policy
cultural statistics
cultural trade
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/10/26884454/cultural-trade-index-introduction
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spelling okr-10986-253182021-04-23T14:04:29Z The Cultural Trade Index : An Introduction Kabanda, Patrick culture in development creative economy cultural policy cultural statistics cultural trade The Cultural Trade Index aims to shed light on cultural trade and stimulate interest in how this little-known area can contribute to economic diversification, boost shared prosperity, and reduce extreme poverty. As the first index of its kind, the Cultural Trade Index would gather cultural trade data scattered across different sources, place them in one place, and show how countries are performing. The key objective is to help inform decision making to advance cultural trade for development. Since culture is not restricted to monetary gain, a Cultural Exchange Index could also be created to complement the Cultural Trade Index. The Cultural Exchange Index would rank countries according to their participation in international cultural exchanges. Comprehensive research efforts would be needed for these ideas to make meaningful contributions to cultural trade and development policy. 2016-11-01T19:35:07Z 2016-11-01T19:35:07Z 2016-10 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/10/26884454/cultural-trade-index-introduction http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25318 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7871 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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topic culture in development
creative economy
cultural policy
cultural statistics
cultural trade
spellingShingle culture in development
creative economy
cultural policy
cultural statistics
cultural trade
Kabanda, Patrick
The Cultural Trade Index : An Introduction
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7871
description The Cultural Trade Index aims to shed light on cultural trade and stimulate interest in how this little-known area can contribute to economic diversification, boost shared prosperity, and reduce extreme poverty. As the first index of its kind, the Cultural Trade Index would gather cultural trade data scattered across different sources, place them in one place, and show how countries are performing. The key objective is to help inform decision making to advance cultural trade for development. Since culture is not restricted to monetary gain, a Cultural Exchange Index could also be created to complement the Cultural Trade Index. The Cultural Exchange Index would rank countries according to their participation in international cultural exchanges. Comprehensive research efforts would be needed for these ideas to make meaningful contributions to cultural trade and development policy.
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author Kabanda, Patrick
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title The Cultural Trade Index : An Introduction
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title_full The Cultural Trade Index : An Introduction
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url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/10/26884454/cultural-trade-index-introduction
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