This report is the result of a collaboration between the World Bank and the Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS), under the guidance of Maitreyi B. Das and Se Hoon Park, and a team comprised of Ahmed Eiweida, Youn Hee Jeong, Yuna Chun, Eun Ji Ju, and Guido Licciardi. Background case studies contributed greatly to this report and were developed by Se Hoon Park, Youn Hee Jeong, Yumin Joo, and HaeRan Shin. The global framework context in Chapter 1 was contributed by Ahmed Eiweida and Yuna Chun.
This report and associated technical deep dive were enriched by the contributions from staff from the World Bank, UNESCO, and Tokyo Development and Learning Center (TDLC). We thank Victor Mulas, Ayah Mahgoub, Reiko Yoshida, and Dmitry Sivaev for their support and contributions.
Finally, this paper could not have been completed without generous support from the Government of the Republic of Korea, through KRIHS and its staff.

Capter 1. Global CCC Framework (Ahmed Eiweida and Yuna Chun, World Bank)
Capter 2. Making Creative Cities in Korea: The Rols of the National Government (Se Hoon Park and Youn Hee Jeong, KRIHS)
Capter 3. Busan: From Deindustrializing Port City to Creative City of Film (Yu-Min Joo, KDI School)
Capter 4. Gwangju: A Creative City through the Interplay between External and Internal Drives (HaeRan Shin, Seoul National University)