The Economic Development of South Korea

From Poverty to a Modern Industrial State
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-89495-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chun, Seung-Hun

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Korea from the Trap of Poverty to a Modern Industrial State 2. The Travails of State Building and Institutional Arrangement for Development 3. Transforming the Social and Environmental Landscape 4. Impact for Export and Job Creation 5. Path to Industrialization (1): Paving the Way to Industrialization 6. The Advent of Industrial Titans 7. Path to Industrialization (2): Heavy and Chemical Industries Push the Needle 8. Development of Human Resources and Technology 9. Attracting Foreign Capital to Spark Development 10. Saemaul Undong: Korea’s New Deal for Rural Modernization 11. The People and State-Community on a Track of Economic Development Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

Seung-hun Chun is currently the President of Korea Institute for Development Strategy (KDS). Having engaged in development policy for South Korean government for three decades, he has been actively providing policy consultations to developing countries. He obtained Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan.