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Window to Korea’s Development Experiences

Development Overview/ Overview of Korea's development experience

Growth of the Manufacturing Sector// Is the 1960’s, the manufactufacturing sector started to play a leading role in Korea’s economic growth,
and between 1960 and 1970, Korea enjoyed an annual growth rate of 17 percent.

Rural Community Development// As part of a rural community development project, the Saemaul Movement significantly imporved
rural living conditions in such areas as roads, housing, water supply, sewage and irrigation.

Vocational Training and Education// Vocational training and education programs produced skilled manpower
required for industrialization.

Promoting Heavy and Chemical Industry// In the 1970s, the HCI (heavy and chemical industry) drive contributed
to forming the foundation of key industries that currently support the Korean economy.

Building Infrastructure// The successful completion of the first three Five-Year Plans (1962-1976)
led to the development of alternative transportation means, including expressways.

International Sports Events// Holding the Olympic Games stimulated 7 billion US dollars of production
and 2.7 billion US dollars of national income from 1981 to 1988.

Financial Sector Reform// Financial sector reform normalized the financial system and
rebuilt the financial safety net to prevent future crisis.

Technology Development// From the early 2000s, technological development was made possible by domestic R&D
activities and imports of capital goods that embody advanced technologies.

Themes/ One stop reference

Teacher Policy in Korea

Even though teaching was highly respected in the traditional Korean context, securing talented an...
Public-Private Partnership

Korea actively promoted private sector participation in infrastructure development for two reasons..
Vocational Education and Training

Vocational education and training (VET) has been regarded as a prerequisite for a country to succ...
Educational Development of Health Professionals

Korea’s medical advancement was initiated by projects for the educational development of health p...
Bus System Reform in Korea

Korea drastically reformed its bus transport system in early 2000s for recovering its original pu...
Reforestation

Until late 1950s, 58% of the mountains in Korea were bald, while 11% of the land was barren like ...
Civil Service Training: Nurturing the Driving Force of Economic Development in Korea

Korea established and maintained a well-designed training system for government officials that in...
Evolution of Korea's E-Government

Korea’s E-Government is recognized as an achievement as exemplary as the nation’s rapid ...
Taxation Policy for Legalizing the Underground Economy

The government of Korea introduced the Credit Card Income Deduction Program in 1999 and ...

Statistics/ Key development data for Korea

Gross Domestic Product

Statistics from 1953 to 2016

Gross Domestic Product(GDP, Nominal) Statistics from 1953 to 2016
Consumer price index

Statistics from 1965/01 to 2018/02

Consumer price index:(CPI) Statistics from 1965/01 to 2018/02
Population projection

Statistics from 1960 to 2018

Population projection Statistics from 1960 to 2018

Featured/ Featured Korea's development experience content

KSP/ Knowledge Sharing Program

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Capacity Building Workshops

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Consulting Program

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Impact Evaluation

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Development Cases

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