"This edition is “special” as it provides a rich body of evidence demonstrating local creative economy decision makers and stakeholders in action that did not exist before. The evidence and analysis are presented in two formats: in this printed report and in a new webdocumentary that accompanies
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this publication, capturing the dynamism of the creative economy in developing countries. Case studies are provided across the global South from the Asia and the Pacific region to the Arab world, from Africa to Latin America and the Caribbean. This is strengthened by the first portfolio analysis of the impact of initiatives funded through the UNDP-Spain Millennium Development Goals Achievement Fund Thematic Window on Culture and Development and the UNESCO International Fund for Cultural Diversity demonstrating that local decisions makers are shaping their own creative economy development pathways." (Foreword, page 10-11)
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"This paper has highlighted that the mass media can play an important, if not critical, role in both enhancing the flow of information and improving public-private dialogue in the local context. The paper therefore recommends explicitly incorporating media into the approaches of LRED. This means wor
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king to build government and private sector capacity to interact with the mass media and to build the media itself to be an effective institution that can be a catalyst to positive local economic development. Applying both media development and development communication to private sector development, and particularly LRED, is a relatively new area of endeavour. As such, those who tackle this will need to be innovative and adapt existing tools or develop new tools and approaches to working with mass media in the LRED context. The potential benefit of taking this innovative approach will be in making LRED better understood, more participative and more relevant by involving mass media that is the channel for information to and from mass audiences and a potential platform for public debate." (Summary and conclusion, page 17-18)
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"[...] nuestra compilación presenta un conjunto de reflexiones realizadas en el ámbito académico por autores que actúan como investigadores que realizan su labor en universidades nacionales. Abordamos un área de investigación con una amplia producción teórica en el resto de América Latina,
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pero que en nuestro país -pese a la nutrida experiencia empírica acumulada- todavía no cuenta con la difusión que se merece y necesita. Por eso presentamos una serie de artículos cuyos autores abordan la relación entre los procesos comunicativos y los proyectos sobre desarrollo, tanto desde una perspectiva teórica y metodológica como a través del análisis y la descripción de experiencias concretas." (Resumen)
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