• Baseline study of the cultural industries in an international context for Creative Compact, 2000, A.C. Pratt

C

• Creative Industries and Micro & Small Scale Enterprise Development: A Contribution to Poverty Alleviation, 2005, UNIDO
• Culture as an engine for economic growth, employment and development, Organization of American States

D

• Digital music reports, 2004 - 2010, International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI)

E

• El espacio iberoamericano del libro 2008, Centro Regional para el Fomento del Libro en América Latina, el Caribe, España y Portugal (CERLALC)

F

• FOCUS World Film Market Trends, 1998 - 2010, European Audiovisual Observatory

G

• Guide on surveying the economic contribution of the copyright-based industries, 2003, WIPO

I

• Initial survey of the contribution of the copyright industries to economic development, 2005, International Intellectual Property Alliance
• International Measurement of the Economic and Social Importance of Culture, 2007, OECD
• International survey of Music Publishing Revenues, National Music Publishers Association

L

• Les industries culturelles des pays du sud : enjeux du projet de convention internationale sur la diversité culturelle, 2004, Agence Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie

R

• The recording industry - world sales 2005, IFPI

T

• Trends in audiovisual markets – regional perspectives from the south (Burkina Faso, Colombia, India, Nigeria, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, Thailand, Venezuela), 2006, UNESCO

Additional key documents:

• Creative economy report 2008, UNCTAD
• Cultures and Globalization Series, 2007 - , H.K. Anheier, Y.R. Isar
• El sector cultural hoy: oportunidades, desafíos y respuestas. Memorias, 2009, Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia
• Global Entertainment and Media Outlook, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Investing in Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue, UNESCO World Report, 2009
• Proceedings of the International Symposium on Culture Statistics, 2003, UIS / UNESCO
• Screen Digest reports
• Statistics on Cultural industries – Framework for the Elaboration of National Data Capacity Building Projects, 2007, UNESCO