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The field of economic development is at a pivotal moment. The transformative potential of the digital revolution has yet to be fulfilled and new, disruptive technologies and business models have begun to transform economies and societies at the most basic levels: how work and firms are organized, and how products and services are designed and delivered. Throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, development organizations and governments are struggling to find new ways to promote economic and social well-being.

In order to learn how a creative entrepreneurship can flourish in Latin America and the Caribbean, first it is necessary to know the talent that will develop the projects. Launching an Orange Future, you will not only get to know what the creative entrepreneurs in the region are like, you will also get to know their perceptions, failures, successes as well as the health of their entrepreneurships. This study will help you understand that those who take big risks achieve even higher rewards. Are you ready to be a creative entrepreneur?

The book, TechnoCreative Entrepreneurships Creativity and Technology: Allies or Enemies?, is a guide that focuses on demythifying that the orange economy is not linked to new technology. In general, when we think of handicrafts, we don’t think about technology, but in reality they are more allies than enemies. We will also focus on demonstrating how creativity eliminates frontiers and permeates other more traditional sectors such as health, education and Fintech.

The objective of this study, carried out by the IDB, is to promote and give visibility to one of the sectors of the creative economy with the greatest potential, not only for the entertainment and software industries, but also for others such as health and education. This study will explore how the industry is not only capable of generating wealth, but also of creating more sophisticated jobs as new technologies develop along with the creative sectors.

Carnivals and Festivals: Digital Trends and Strategies is part of the IDB’s editorial series, Art, Culture and New Technologies in Latin America and the Caribbean, intended to point out the impact of digitization and the adoption of new technologies by cultural and creative industries from the region, and how this can catalyze innovation, social cohesion, and change.

Can digital technologies enable new tourist experiences? How can tourist destinations and nation brands be constructed and promoted in the light of cultural industries and digital technologies? How can a territory and its brand be managed through digital technologies in the current context?

Using quantitative and qualitative data tailored for this research, we will review the main challenges the food industry is currently facing. We will discuss its growth and the ways in which LAC restaurants can be strengthened as a core center where other creative industries can converge.

On the following pages we will study the potential of edutainment, focusing mainly on those tools, methods, and content from Cultural and Creative Industries (ICC) that foster innovation. Edutainment: Trends and Digital Strategies is part of the IDB editorial series, Art, Culture and New Technologies in Latin America and the Caribbean, intended to point out the impact of digitization, the adoption of technologies by cultural and creative industries from the region, and how this can catalyze innovation, social cohesion, and change. 

Music and Performing Arts: Digital Trends and Strategies is part of the IDB’s editorial series, Art, Culture and New Technologies in Latin America and the Caribbean, that aims at identifying the ways in which technology can drive innovation in the creative economy. The sector generates a multidimensional impact rarely analyzed from an economic perspective, considering them productive activities worthy of attention and promotion.

Cultural and creative sectors (CCS) constitute a vibrant economic activity and source of jobs, enterprise turnover and tax revenues. However, the role of culture for local development is more than these direct outputs. Smartly managed culture-led urban regeneration can breathe new life into decaying neighbourhoods. CCS also contribute to increasing levels of regional innovation and productivity, through new product design, new production techniques, new business models, innovative ways of reaching audiences and consumers, and emerging forms of co-production.