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Strengthening the Creative Industries for Development in the Republic of Korea: Empowering Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Jobs and Sustainable Development
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2017), 58 pp.
"The Republic of Korea has been successful in investing in its people and its talents. It is now investing in the potential for the youth to be great entrepreneurs. We hope that this report will be useful to developing countries and encourage them to look into new growth opportunities and sustainabl
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Creative Economy Outlook and Country Profiles: Trends in International Trade in Creative Industries
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2016), vii, 161 pp.
"International trade in creative industries showed sustained growth in the last decade. The global market for traded creative goods and services totaled a record $547billion in 2012, as compared to $302 billion in 2003. Exports from developing countries, led by Asian countries, were growing faster t
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Measuring the Impacts of Information and Communication Technology for Development
New York, Geneva: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2011), v, 23 pp.
"This paper explores why measuring the impacts of information and communication technology (ICT) is important for development – and why it is statistically challenging. Measuring impacts in any field is difficult, but for ICT there are added complications because of its diversity and rapidly chang
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Information Economy Report 2010: ICTs, Enterprises and Poverty Alleviation
Geneva: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2010), xvii, 154 pp.
"The Information Economy Report 2010 focuses on the nexus of ICTs, enterprises and poverty alleviation. Whereas the knowledge base needs to grow considerably, the evidence presented in this Report suggests that more attention should be given by policymakers and other stakeholders to this new set of
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Information Economy Report 2006: The Development Perspective
New York; Geneva: United Nations (2006), 314 pp.
"The first section in this paper examines the barriers to access to learning materials faced in the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), analyzing the responsibility of intellectual property legislation within the complex structure of systems that are consequential to consumers and learners. In th
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Information Economy Report 2005: E-Commerce and Development
New York; Geneva: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2005), xxvi, 248 pp.
"The important balance between access to copyrighted works and protection for authors is vital for developing countries and LDCs. Despite provisions for limitations and exceptions to the rights granted to authors/ owners of protected works, the WIPO treaties represent minimum standards from which co
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Information and Communication Technology Development Indices
New York: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2003), ix, 86 pp.
"This cross-country study compiles data and calculates ICT Development Indices for the following: connectivity (physical infrastructure for ICTs, in penetration rates of Internet hosts, PCs, telephone mainlines and mobile phones per capita); wider access to ICTs (literacy, GDP per capita and cost of
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