The Economic Development of South Korea

The Economic Development of South Korea

Author: Seung-hun Chun

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-01-29

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 1351215728

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How did a country with a dearth of natural resources, a sprawling population congested in a limited arable land transform itself to a modern industrial state within a generation? How could these have been achieved given the lingering geopolitical threats to its very survival as a state, as evidenced by the Korean War and the internecine aggressive posturing of its neighbor from the north? This book looks at strategies, institutional arrangement, role of entrepreneurs and workers in this odyssey, and on how those factors have worked together through effective leadership to transform South Korea’s economic fortunes.


South Korea

South Korea

Author: Georgie D. M. Hyde

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1988-06-21

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 1349100390

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This comprehensive study omits no aspects of Korean life: its chequered history, brilliant success and aspirations for the future. Its tribal trek from Mongolia via China and subsequent wars to establish independence have taken part in producing a civilisation beneficial to mankind. Its outstanding economic success, formerly attributed to low wages by Western countries unable to compete, results from skill, hard work and an educational system, both public and private, relevant to country and individual. Recently a political revolution has established a democracy as President Chun, father of economic success, retires in favour of a new constitution drafted by ruling and opposition parties: a triumph for the moral stance of 'The Land of the Morning Calm'.


Han Unbound

Han Unbound

Author: John Lie

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 9780804740159

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Because the author sees South Korean development as contingent on a variety of particular circumstances, he ranges widely to include not only the information typically gathered by sociologists and political economists, but also insights gained from examining popular tastes and values, poetry, fiction, and ethnography, showing how all of these aspects of South Korean life help elucidate his main themes.


The Rise of the Korean Economy

The Rise of the Korean Economy

Author: Byung-Nak Song

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 9780195928273

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This book by a noted Korean economist is already known for providing a unique insider's view on Korea's impressive economic and industrial growth. The third edition of this standard work is now updated with statistics as recent as 2000 as well as analyses of the Asian Economic Crisis, the restructuring of the Korean Economy, and the major policy measures resulting from changing North-South Korean relations.


OECD Economic Surveys: Korea 2018

OECD Economic Surveys: Korea 2018

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2018-06-20

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9264300821

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Economic growth picked up in 2017, but reforms are needed to sustain Korea's convergence toward the income levels in the most advanced countries. Its labour productivity is 46% below the top half of OECD countries, reflecting problems in the service sector. In addition, productivity in small ...


OECD Economic Surveys: Korea 2020

OECD Economic Surveys: Korea 2020

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2020-08-11

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 926449619X

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Economic activity has contracted less in Korea than in other OECD countries, thanks to the prompt and effective reaction of the authorities to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus and to the wide-ranging government support to households and businesses. Nevertheless, the pandemic generates strong headwinds.


Marxist Perspectives on South Korea in the Global Economy

Marxist Perspectives on South Korea in the Global Economy

Author: Martin Hart-Landsberg

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2017-03-02

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 135191958X

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This volume brings together work by international scholars to provide a unique analysis of the past, present and possible future trajectory of Korea's political economy from a distinctly Marxist perspective. The volume differentiates the Marxian approach to the political economy of Korean development from the Keynesian, social democratic approach that currently dominates the critical literature. In doing so the volume provides a unique view of the development of the South Korean Economy.


The Park Chung Hee Era

The Park Chung Hee Era

Author: Byung-Kook Kim

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2011-04-01

Total Pages: 753

ISBN-13: 0674061063

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In 1961 South Korea was mired in poverty. By 1979 it had a powerful industrial economy and a vibrant civil society in the making, which would lead to a democratic breakthrough eight years later. The transformation took place during the years of Park Chung Hee's presidency. Park seized power in a coup in 1961 and ruled as a virtual dictator until his assassination in October 1979. He is credited with modernizing South Korea, but at a huge political and social cost. South Korea's political landscape under Park defies easy categorization. The state was predatory yet technocratic, reform-minded yet quick to crack down on dissidents in the name of political order. The nation was balanced uneasily between opposition forces calling for democratic reforms and the Park government's obsession with economic growth. The chaebol (a powerful conglomerate of multinationals based in South Korea) received massive government support to pioneer new growth industries, even as a nationwide campaign of economic shock therapy-interest hikes, devaluation, and wage cuts-met strong public resistance and caused considerable hardship. This landmark volume examines South Korea's era of development as a study in the complex politics of modernization. Drawing on an extraordinary range of sources in both English and Korean, these essays recover and contextualize many of the ambiguities in South Korea's trajectory from poverty to a sustainable high rate of economic growth.


The Bank of Korea: A Sixty-Year History

The Bank of Korea: A Sixty-Year History

Author: The Bank of Korea (Central Bank of South Korea)

Publisher: 길잡이미디어

Published: 2010-11-24

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 899285837X

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Preface Chapter 1 Foundation of the Bank of Korea Chapter 2 The Bank of Korea Act Chapter 3 Organization and Functions of the Bank of Korea Chapter 4 Economic Development and the Bank of Korea Chapter 5 The Future Trajectory and Challenges of the Bank of Korea