This study examines the causes and effects of the global financial crisis, and furthermore, elicits policy implications in overcoming the crisis. Postcrisis international financial cooperation under the new global financial architecture is expected to strengthen international financial regulation and supervision, and contribute to reforming international financial and monetary institutions.
This study assesses the changing comparative advantage at the country as well as industry level, and examines the importance of different sources of comparative advantage, thereby drawing some policy implications for strengthening Korea's trade competitiveness.
This research basically analyzes counter-cyclic economic policies on the part of Chinese policy makers. The main focus will be on the changes of the Sino-US economic relations during the current economic crisis.
This study examines how the international community can resolve the North Korean nuclear issue. It also covers how the international community can assist North Korea to achieve economic development once the challenges are resolved and how the 'Vision 3000' program designed by the Lee Myung-bak administration is to be implemented successfully.
This study will try to find out why Korea's foreign exchange market has exhibited a higher level of volatility than other countries in recent years. The main factors causing exchange rate volatility and their characteristics will be analyzed to elicit possible policy recommendations.
This study will try to find out why Korea's foreign exchange market has exhibited a higher level of volatility than other countries in recent years. The main factors causing exchange rate volatility and their characteristics will be analyzed to elicit possible policy recommendations.
In this report, we analyze the impact of outward direct investment by Korean multinational enterprises on domestic industries, with particular focus on the impact of productivity spillover, employment and trade at the industry-level.
This study intends to suggest Korea's Rules of Origin for the East Asia FTA, by considering several important aspects related to Rules of Origin such as production structure and trade relations within East Asia, industry characteristics and opinions from the private sector.
This study examines the economic and environmental effects of linkage between Korean ETS (Emission Trading Scheme) and other existing/prospective ETS, based on various linkage type scenarios in the Post-Kyoto regime. Through the examination, this study highlights international policy implications of domestic environmental policy.
This study intends to analyze the final outcome of the DDA negotiations and explore effective methods for implementing the outcome of the DDA from Korea's perspective. It also intends to present some policy implications for the Korean economy.
During the past several decades, China has been experiencing her own business cycles and made various policy efforts to stabilize the resulting macroeconomic fluctuations. This study tries to identify the characteristics of China's macroeconomic policy choices during the respective phases of the business cycles.
The importance of international cooperation for tackling environmental problems in developing countries is increasing as global environmental issues such as climate change begins to attract more attention. This report analyzes environmental cooperation strategies of Japan and EU since the 1990s. The purpose of this study is to find a win-win environmental cooperation strategy for Korea that will not only contribute to reducing environmental burden in developing countries but also help the Korean economy move closer towards a sustainable green economy.
As a part of the follow-up research on the Korea-India CEPA, this report examines the feasibility of a Korea-South Asia FTA. For this purpose, the structure of inter-industrial division in South Asia, outcomes from SAFTA implementation since 2006 and its prospects are analyzed. The study concludes with suggestions for basic directions and strategies in Korea's trade policy toward South Asia.
Aging population is likely to affect conventional economic growth in many aspects. The study aims at addressing major aging economies' alternative growth strategies and drawing some policy implications for Korea.
This study evaluates the economic cooperation between Korea and the Russian Far East throughout the 20-year period since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Korea and Russia, as well as suggest mid- & long-term prospects in order to seek successful cooperative measures for mutual prosperity.
In Africa, environmental issues affect virtually all aspects of poverty and development issues. The past several decades were marked by an increasing level of environmental degradation in Africa exacerbated by overexploitation of natural resources, industrialization, urbanization and climate change. The research examines key environmental issues in Africa and aims to identify policy directions to enhance environmental cooperation between South Korea and Africa in the context of development and industrial cooperation.
This study highlights the increasing importance of Latin America as an investment destination with the analysis of characteristics and the development potential of SOC in major Latin American countries. It also scrutinizes each country's policies and development projects in SOC, thereby suggesting Korea's strategies for expanding its participation. Among various SOC sectors, it focuses on power generation, petrochemical and marine plants where Korea possesses a comparative advantage.
This research examines the current status of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) erected in Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand. This study is of great importance considering potential impacts that NTBs can have on trade volumes between Korea and the aforementioned countries. It also attempts to estimate ad-valorem equivalent of NTBs to compare levels of NTBs among countries.
The objective of the study is to address the role of multilateral aid as a complementary instrument of bilateral foreign assistance and provide a policy direction which would become the basis of Korea's multilateral policy statement. This study analyzes the strategies and policies of other DAC member countries, with particular focus on motives, implementation and utilization, and how to construct an effective aid portfolio.
The purpose of this study is to examine the characteristics of foreign direct investment between Korea-China-Japan, and suggest policy directions and strategies for Korea in enhancing intra-regional investment.
