The Korean Economy: Post-crisis Policies, Issues And Prospects

by Harvie, Charles; Lee, Hyun-Hoon; OH, JUNGGUN

• ISBN13: 9781843762447
• ISBN10: 1843762447
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-12-30
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub

Table of Contents

Editors' Biographical Notes	vii
Contributors	x
Acknowledgements	xii
PART I INTRODUCTION
Introduction	3	(8)
Charles Harvie
Hyun-Hoon Lee
Junggun Oh
Lessons from the Korean Financial Crisis	11	(14)
Jong-Wha Lee
PART II REFORM AND POLICIES
Financial Sector Reform	25	(13)
Junggun Oh
Corporate Restructuring in the Wake of the Financial Crisis	38	(40)
Charles Harvie
Reforming the Korean Labour Market and Social Safety Net: Key Pending Issues	78	(42)
John P. Martin
Peter Tergeist
Raymond Torres
Public Sector Reforms	120	(23)
Junsok Yang
Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies	143	(22)
Junggun Oh
PART III OTHER ISSUES
A New Economy for Korea	165	(26)
Dong-pyo Hong
Gae-Iyong Choi
Yongkyu Kim
Post-Crisis Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment in Korea: Korea's Recovery and Challenges Ahead	191	(30)
Taekdong Yeo
Young Man Yoon
Kar-yiu Wong
Korea's Embrace of Regionalism and the Economic Effects of its Bilateral FTAs with Chile and Japan	221	(17)
Inkyo Cheong
A Development Strategy for the North Korean Economy	238	(25)
Dongho Jo
PART IV PROSPECTS
A New Paradigm for the Korean Economy: Advanced State Development (ASD) Model Approach	263	(23)
Jong Won Lee
Towards a New Economic Development Model for Korea	286	(33)
Charles Harvie
Hyun-Hoon Lee
Index	319