Creative Economy Forum 2023 Pathway to resilient

Transcript:Creative Economy Forum 2023 Pathway to resilient:
Creative Economy Forum 2023 Pathway to resilient creative industries Marisa Henderson, Chief, Creative Economy UNCTAD 21 – 22 February 2023 Amman, Jordan The concept and definition of the creative economy are diverse Figure 1. Examples of industries covered in different cultural and creative economy concepts Sources: UNCTAD based on IDB, UNESCO, and WIPO The creative economy is vital for sustainable development Figure 2. Measuring the creative economy: recent facts and figures Source: UNCTAD based on survey responses UNCTAD survey shows that countries apply different approaches to support their creative economy UNCTAD survey of 33 countries on the creative economy Almost all countries have at least one entity in charge of the creative economy Most countries split duties for the creative industries across multiple ministries and agencies The issuance of national strategies, policies and regulations of the sector has rapidly spread throughout the developing world Several countries made progress in measuring the economic contribution of creative industries Figure 3. Priority creative industries in terms of their international trade potential Source: UNCTAD based on survey responses Created with wordart.com Trade in creative goods and services generates increasing revenues for countries Creative services exports increasingly exceed those of creative goods Figure 4. Global exports of creative goods and services (Billion US$) Source: UNCTAD Main trends: exports of creative goods Developing economies export more creative goods than developed economies Exports of creative goods is largely dominated by China Figure 5. Global exports of creative goods by developing and developed economies (Billion US$) Figure 6. Top ten exporters of creative goods, 2020 (Billion US$) Source: UNCTAD Source: UNCTAD Design products dominate trade in creative goods Figure 7. Creative goods exports by product groups (Billion US$) Source: UNCTAD Main trends: exports of creative services Developed countries have been exporting significantly more creative services than developing economies Figure 8. Global exports of creative goods and services (Billion US$) Figure 9. Top ten exporters of creative services, 2020 (Billion US$) Source: UNCTAD Source: UNCTAD Software services and research and development are the most exported creative services Figure 10. Creative services exports by services categories (Billion US$) Source: UNCTAD Developing countries face several barriers to participate in creative services trade Developing countries: lack fundamental skills and infrastructure to become competitive players in creative services face services trade restrictions access to the most important creative services markets remains governed by commitments in the WTO’s General Agreement on Trade in Services