Asian Economic History
Brief Economic History and Government Policy Korea was one of the poorest countries in world after experiencing two wars. World War II and Korean war (1950 ~ 1953). The country even experienced a food shortage so that it had to heavily rely on the foreign aid. Yearly per capita consumption was a mere $88 as late as 1965. However, since 1965, Korea has been transformed from its underdeveloped agricultural economy to a leading Newly Industrializing Country. Between 1965 and 1981, its gross national product GNP multiplied twenty times from $3 billion to $63 billion and per capita GNP increased sixteen times from $88 to $1,554. There have been many explanations for Korea’s successful story. Among those, the strong role of government would be probably the most important one. At the same time, this would be also responsible for current recession. After Koran war, the government in fact had no sense of direction and also due to the unstable political situation, the country didn’t have specific economic policy until 1961 when military government came to power and established the major institution guiding its economic planning called Economic Planing Board (EPB). This government set economic development as the top national pr
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Development Bank, Five-Year Plan, Seventh Republic, Countries Korea, Government’s Policy, Actually Daewoo, Board EPB, Minister Finance, Industrializing Country, Promotion Policies, economic growth, exchange rate, heavy industries, export expansion, five-year plan, domestic savings, economic development, korean economy, military government, heavy chemical industries, – plan, five – plan, third five-year plan, exchange rate system, change trade policy,
Approximate Word count = 2574
Approximate Pages = 10 (250 words per page double spaced)
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