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ii CREATIVE ECONOMY REPORT 2008
Foreword
The world economy has clearly seen an Globalization and connectivity are new
extraordinary expansion in the past five years. realities that have brought profound changes in
This expansion has been more broadly based lifestyles worldwide. This is reshaping the overall
than ever before, allowing many developing pattern of cultural production, consumption and
countries to benefit from it. Even some of the trade in a world increasingly filled with images,
least developed countries have been able to gen- sounds, texts and symbols. There is a clear need to
erate average annual GDP growth of more than better grasp plex interactions among the
5 per cent, representing significant progress over