Kabanda, Patrick2022-11-022022-11-022018Kabanda, P. (2018, October). Beat by Bit: On Measuring Trade in Value Added in the Creative Economy of Southeast Asia. .https://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/5130Trade in cultural goods and services is one of the least understood areas in commerce. Yet another hugely important but under-scrutinized area is that of Trade in Value Added. Indeed, as former World Trade Organization Director-General Pascal Lamy said, such statements as “Made in China” do not tell us much. Why? Because what is labeled as “Made in China” usually comprises inputs from many different parts of the world. This discussion considers the concept of Trade in Value Added and postulates scenarios in which nations of Southeast Asia may contribute to regional and global cultural trade in value added. Since statistics on this topic are likely to be minimal or non-existent, the paper goes on to propose ways Southeast Asian nations might consider to start collecting data on their creative economy Trade in Value Added.enTrade in Value Added, Creative Economy, Cultural StatisticsWorking Paper