Avoiding the Apocalypse: The Future of the Two KoreasInstitute for International Economics, 2000 - 431 pagine On the Korean peninsula one of the greatest success stories of the postwar era confronts a famine-ridden-and possibly nuclear-armed-totalitarian state. The stakes are extraordinarily high for both North and South Korea and for countries such as the United States that have a direct stake in these affairs. This study, the most comprehensive volume to date on the subject, examines the current situation in the two Koreas in terms of three major crises: the nuclear confrontation between the United States and North Korea, the North Korean famine, and the South Korean financial crisis. The future of the peninsula is then explored under three alternative scenarios: successful reform in North Korea, collapse and absorption (as happened in Germany), and "muddling through" in which North Korea, supported by foreign powers, makes ad hoc, regime-preserving reforms that fall short of fundamental transformation. |
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... Figures Figure 2.1 Financial development Figure 2.2 Real interest rates Figure 2.3 Share of GDP due to top 10 chaebol 21 Figure 2.4 Figure 2.5 Purchasing power adjusted real GDP per capita Structure of output Figure 2.6 Figure 2.7 ...
... ( figure 2.5 ) . The share of exports in GDP increased from less than 5 percent in 1963 to more than 35 percent in 1988 ( figure 2.6 ) . Imports rose by a similar amount . The figures document a dramatic opening of the South Korean ...
... figure 3.1 ) . At the other extreme is Michell ( 1998 ) , who estimates that the economy shrank by less than 10 percent over the same period . Moreover , while the slowdown shown in figure 3.1 looks quite grim , national income and ...
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Introduction 1347 | 1 |
References | 5 |
The South Korean Economy until 1997 | 15 |
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