The Economic Development of South Korea: From Poverty to a Modern Industrial State

ISBN-13: 9780815379485 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 274 str.

Seung-Hun Chun

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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.