| Titre : | Korea : problems and issues in a rapidly growing economy |
| Auteurs : | Parvez Hasan, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Rapports |
| Editeur : | Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976 |
| Collection : | A World Bank country economic report |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-8018-1864-6 |
| Format : | 1 vol. (xv-277 p.) / ill., couv. ill / 24 cm |
| Langues: | Inconnue |
| Catégories : |
[Eurovoc] AGRICULTURE, SYLVICULTURE ET PÊCHE > politique agricole [Eurovoc] ÉCONOMIE > politique économique [Eurovoc] ÉCONOMIE > situation économique > développement économique [Eurovoc] ÉCONOMIE > situation économique > développement économique > croissance économique [Eurovoc] EMPLOI ET TRAVAIL > conditions et organisation du travail [Eurovoc] GÉOGRAPHIE > Asie - Océanie > Extrême-Orient > Corée du Sud [Eurovoc] INDUSTRIE > politique et structures industrielles > politique industrielle |
| Tags : | Corée (République) ; politique économique ; conditions économiques |
| Résumé : |
The phenomenal economic progress of the Republic of Korea during the past decade is one of the outstanding success stories in international development. Despite a lack of natural resources, Korea has made the transition from a largely agricultural society into a semi-industrialized country in a relatively short time. This book traces the impressive industrial growth and discusses the issues that Korea's five-year plan for 1977-81 must try to resolve.
Reassessment of plans for the second half of the 1970s and a revision of development strategy have been necessitated by the re- curring need to mobilize financial resources, by uncertainty about future trends in international trade, and by a downward revision in the long-term growth prospects of principal trade partners. The upsurge in exports, investment, and gross national product that took place in 1973 has been more than offset since then by the adverse changes in Korea's external circumstances. Higher costs of food and energy have added considerably to the import bill-the country is in fact one of the most severely affected by the oil crisis. Although import prices have increased sharply, the unit value of exports has risen only moderately, and international developments have both weakened the immediate balance of payments position and clouded the future outlook for Korean exports to the extent that trends in world economic activity and trade have become uncertain. For Korea to sustain an annual growth rate of 8 or 9 percent during the next decade will be a major economic challenge. Nevertheless, the continuation of a high growth rate appears essential to achieve a rapid rise not only in living standards but also in the government's goals of greater visibility of the balance of payments, expanded employment opportunities, and more even distribution of growth benefits. For Korea, rapid growth has itself been the most important source of generating foreign exchange and domestic savings and improving opportunities for the poor. Similarly, such growth will probably also facilitate structural changes in the economy to which the Korean government is attaching increasing importance -notably, a diversification of industry and an increase in the value-added content of exports. This book, therefore, focuses on the problem of mobilizing financial resources-both foreign capital, and domestic savings-for future growth and on the problem of increasing industrial exports without undermining efforts toward import substitution. This study of Korea's plans for industrial expansion emphasizes the textile, electronics, and shipbuilding industries, as well as the contribution that small and medium-size firms can make, It also considers the social goals of more even distribution of the benefits of growth, increased employment and greater parity between urban and rural incomes. |
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| Code-barres | Cote | Support | Localisation | Section | Disponibilité |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 007898 | RC/ASIE 266 | Livre | Centre de documentation du CERDI / Ecole d'Economie | Salle de lecture | Disponible |
