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References

Sources & references

Every figure cited across our insights pages, in one place.

Wellbeing

  1. WHO Regional Office for Europe. Fancourt D, Finn S. What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being? A scoping review. 2019.
  2. MacKerron G, Mourato S (Mappiness), 2013; Fujiwara D, MacKerron G. Cultural Activities, Artforms and Wellbeing. Arts Council England, 2015.
  3. Arts on Prescription, UK evaluations (Aesop / Royal Society for Public Health).
  4. Tymoszuk U, Perkins R, Spiro N, Williamon A, Fancourt D. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B. 2020;75(7):1609–1619.
  5. Mind HK & Manulife Hong Kong. Nearly Half of Hongkongers Show Signs of Depression, Anxiety, or Both. September 2025.
  6. Fraser Institute. Economic Freedom of the World: 2025 Annual Report. Hong Kong ranked 1st of 165 jurisdictions.
  7. Z/Yen & China Development Institute. Global Financial Centres Index 38. September 2025. Hong Kong No. 1 globally, 1st in Asia-Pacific.
  8. IMD. World Talent Ranking 2025. Hong Kong No. 1 globally; 1st worldwide for share of science graduates.
  9. Hong Kong Police Force. Overall crime figures for 2025 (overall crime −5.9%, violent crime −15.9% year-on-year).
  10. Metropolitan Area Planning Council. Percent for Art.
  11. Americans for the Arts. Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 (AEP6). 2022 data.

Return and Value

  1. CultureCase, The Social Return on Investment from a Public Art Project.
  2. Ariza-Montes et al., Social Return on Investment (SROI) to Assess the Impacts of Tourism, SAGE Open, 2021.
  3. WXLLSPACE, How Public Art Creates Value for Real Estate Developers (citing Realtor.com / BrandXR Economic Development Report).
  4. Americans for the Arts, cited in BrandXR, How Murals Can Drive Economic Development.
  5. The Korea Herald, SK's social value creation hits W32.2tr, double 2018 level.
  6. Kering, via Statista, Environmental Profit and Loss (EP&L) of Kering Group, 2020.

Social Value

  1. Social Value UK, What is Social Value?
  2. DCMS / Frontier Economics, Culture and Heritage Capital Programme
  3. IBSA Foundation, Health and Culture: The Economic Value of Cultural Engagement
  4. CASE Programme, cited in Assembly Research Matters
  5. HACT, Social Value in Social Housing report
  6. ixia, Public Art: A Guide to Evaluation

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