[KIEP Newsletter Vol.9 No.4] Vaccines for All / Income-led Growth in Korea / Fourth Industrial Revol

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KIEP NEWSLETTER

Fourth Industrial Revolution in Japan:
Technology to Address Social Challenges

Gyupan Kim, Hyongkun Lee, Boram Lee, Jungeun Lee and Wonju Son / World Economy Brief 21-02

In Japan, the challenges posed by its low birthrate and aging population expanded rapidly with the collapse of the bubble economy in the early 1990s, and in March 2011, energy and environmental problems such as power supply shortages and nuclear radiation issues occurred in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima nuclear accident...

The Income-led Growth in Korea:
Status, Prospects and Lessons for Other Countries

Sangyong Joo,Kangkook Lee,Won Jun Nah,Su Min Jeon,and Dong-Hee Joe / Policy Analysis 20-01

Income-led growth is at the core of the Moon Jae-in administration’s economic policy. It aims to build an inclusive economy by enhancing the capacity of household consumption and improving distribution, through a more active role of the state and social agreements...

Vaccines for All: Equitable Access to
Covid-19 Vaccines Needed Urgently /
Jang Youngook

Global Covid-19 vaccine procurements today are not equitable at all. While some high-income swiftly-acting countries hoarded effective and safe vaccine doses sufficient to cover their whole population more than three times, other low-income countries did not have any.This contagious disease, if not ended at the same time all around the world, will emerge again and again every time a country opens its border....

•	The Global Economy after COVID-19: Challenges and Policy Resolutions (Alan Deardorff; Soyoung Kim; Chul Chung)

•	Who Will Fill China’s Shoes? The Global Evolution of Labor-Intensive Manufacturing (Gordon Hanson)

•	WTO Reform Priorities post-COVID-19 (Bernard Hoekman)

•	How the United States Marched the Semiconductor Industry into Its Trade War with China (Chad P. Bown)

•	The Reorganization of Global Value Chains in East Asia before and after COVID-19 (Sèbastien Miroudot)

•	Financing COVID-19 Deficits in Fiscally Dominant Economies: Is The Monetarist Arithmetic Unpleasant? (Martín Uribe)

•	On the Role of Projected FDI Inflows in Shaping Institutions: The Longer-Term Plan for Post-Pandemic Investment Reboot (Xiang Gao; Zhenhua Gu; Kees G. Koedijk)

•	U.S. Macro Policies and Global Economic Challenges (Joshua Aizenman; Hiro Ito)

Visiting Scholars Program for 2021-2022

KIEP invites prominent researchers and academics to join its Visiting Scholars Program. Launched in 2009, the program aims to promote cross-border exchanges of knowledge, information, insights, and expertise among scholars from different backgrounds. Visiting scholars are encouraged to actively engage in research and networking activities during their time at KIEP. If you are interested in applying to the program for 2021-2022, please find further information on eligible fields, qualifications, responsibilities and benefits, etc. on our website.