Development of the IT Industry and Structural Transformation: Focused on the Russian IT Industry and Korea-Russia IT Cooperation

Minhyeon Jeong, Jiyoung Min, Dongyeon Jeong and Sang Hwan Kim / World Economy Brief 21-18

Russia has been chronically suffering from a structural problem that its economy heavily relies on energy resources. The long-standing and excessive economic dependence on the energy sector decayed qualitative growth through productivity, necessary for long-term growth as the economic transition to mid- and high-value-added manufacturing gets delayed...

Analysis of Competition Policies between U.S. and EU in the Era of Inter-Industry Convergence

Gusang Kang, Yungshin Jang, Taehyun Oh and Jeewoon Rim / World Economy Brief 21-21

In the era of inter-industry convergence, abuses of substantial market power by large digital platforms such as Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon, and their increasing number of acquisitions towards small- and medium-sized tech-firms suspicious of eliminating potential competitors are recent representative issues in the ICT sector...

Cosmopolitanism: The Hitchhiker's Guide to Post-COVID-19 Era / Jeonghwan Yun

While inclusive recovery and sustainable development is a key concern of the post-COVID-19 era, this cannot be done without proper public awareness that supports such institutional level effort. For the public awareness towards inclusive policy, Global Citizenship Education (GCED) needs further attention...

Call for Papers for East Asian Economic Review

President Heungchong Kim Attends the 28th PECC General Meeting

President Heungchong Kim of the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) and Director Yungshin Jang of the Korea National Center for APEC Studies at KIEP attended the 28th PECC General Meeting and Standing Committee Meeting from July 21 to 23. Held via virtual conference, the meetings were co-hosted by the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) and New Zealand Committee of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (NZPECC)...

Visiting Scholars Program for 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. If you are interested in applying to the program for 2022, please find further information on eligible fields, qualifications, responsibilities and benefits, etc. on our website.