Policy document
September 27th 2019

Video Games: More than Just a Game: The Unknown Successes of Latin American and Caribbean Studios

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Inter-American Development Bank
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The Inter-American Development Bank is an international financial institution that serves as the largest source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean. Established in 1959, the IDB supports Latin American and Caribbean economic development, social development and regional integration by lending to governments and government agencies, including State corporations.
Mateo-Berganza Díaz, María Mercedes, Luzardo, Alejandra, De Azevedo, Belisario, Becerra, Laura, Penix-Tadsen, Phillip, Santoro, Martina, Funes, Gerardo and Pison, Juan Pablo
In Video Games: More than Just a Game, you will get to know 50 Latin American and Caribbean studios, their trends, and their successes with over 350 video games. This report will help you understand the industry’s potential as a business, the new role of esports, the impact of video games on women and on the skills for the future. You will be able to see funding schemes, the role of governments in making their industries known on the international market, and the importance of forums for exchanging knowledge. The video games industry has not only succeeded in incorporating cutting-edge technology into the entertainment sector but also into other more traditional sectors such as education and health. Video games are here to stay because they earn more than the motion industry and the highest-grossing movies. We invite you to be part of the most important game in history.

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Overton ID
iadb-ffd24550fe965985707cf82bd1306591
doi
10.18235/0001869

Topics in this document

Agar.io Video game console Nintendo Esports Video game Authors' rights Take-Two Interactive Latin America Sega Game Technology Video game industry Author PlayStation Intellectual property Super Nintendo Entertainment System Arcade video game Wii Video gaming Nolan Bushnell Handheld game console Creative industries Tectoy Autism spectrum Game Boy Virtual reality Pong Gaming Colombia Copyright

Related COFOG Divisions

4: Economic Affairs 4.1: General Economic, Commercial, and Labour Affairs 9: Education 9.4: Tertiary Education 9.5: Education Not Definable by Level

Cites research funded by

British Academy 1 Office of Naval Research 1 U.S. Fleet Forces Command 1 RCUK Digital Economy Communities & Culture Network+ 1 Research Councils UK 1 MRC Doctoral Training Grant 1 Research Foundation − Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen) 1 Stanley Medical Research Institute 1 Innovate UK Grant 1 Canadian Institutes of Health Research 1 Public Health Agency of Canada 1 Government of Canada 2 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada 1 Owl Children’s Trust 1 SSHRC (Special project, May 2022) 1 Children's Trust 1 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 1 USAF 347 Contracting Squadron 1 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 1 Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation 1

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