미래 보건복지 방향설정과 정책개발에 관한 연구(Tasks for future health and welfare policy)

The future of welfare state has been a topic of discussion and arguments in Korea recently. Issues range from education to employment, from healthcare to housing, from welfare rates to pensions to provision for people with disability. Some have claimed it cannot survive because the population is aging. Others have argued that globalization will undermine it in due course. Recent economic recession have added to the questions faced by the welfare state. Is this right that Korea has to be welfare states? We are going to welfare states, really? Can the Korea’s welfare states be sustainable? What are the major challenges faced by Korea’s welfare state at this time? What impact does the welfare state have on reducing poverty? Can the necessary funding be provided? If Korea’s welfare state is to survive how should it adjust to the changing economic situation? What are the implications of demographic developments? Can the nation state continue to be the basis for this kind of development model?(The rest is ommitted)