How Can South Korea Teach, Lead, and Help in
Asia’s Quest for Smart Cities?

Clara Gillispie/ World Economy Brief 21-40

As of 2021, virtually every country in Asia has announced some plan for standing up their own smart cities, with national- and/or city-level governments launching either pilot projects or official strategies to coordinate activities and investment across different stakeholder groups. In this context, South Korea could (and does) play a positive role in how countries across the region might be able to realize these plans...

Regional Financial Cooperation in East Asia from
a New Perspective

Sungbae An and Subin Kim/ World Economy Brief 21-43

Following the Asian financial crisis of 1998, there was a need to improve regional financial cooperation, including liquidity support. The Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralization (hereinafter, CMIM) and the Asian Bond Market Initiative (hereafter, ABMI) are two of the outcomes, but it is difficult to find countries that are actively using these mechanisms...

Relative Poverty and Consumption Inequality Behind
Massive Protests in Chile/ Sungwoo Hong

Previous literature on income inequality tends to investigate Latin America as a whole or rely on specific indicators such as the Gini coefficient. This approach could make it difficult to accurately grasp the situation that recently faces each Latin American country. In this context, it is necessary to examine both relative poverty and consumption inequality as complementary indicators of income inequality...

(ENG sub) In-Depth Analysis of ‘China’s Financial Market’ &
Its Opening, What Should Korea Do?

[Forum] 5th ROK-US Joint Public-Private Economic Forum (12/16)

KIEP Korea-Africa Cooperation Seminar : The Future of Korea-Africa
Cooperation and Remaining Challenges in the Post-COVID Era (12/1)

The Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) held the KIEP Korea-Africa Cooperation Seminar on December 1 (Wed), under the theme of "The Future of Korea-Africa Cooperation and Remaining Challenges in the Post-COVID Era," at the President Hotel in Seoul.

KIEP-IMF Holds Joint Conference and Discusses The Great
Transformation (12/1)

The Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP), together with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), hosted The 11th KIEP-IMF Joint Conference under the theme of "2022 World Economic Outlook: The Great Transformation" on December 1st.

KIEP Holds 2021 DMZ International Forum on the Peace Economy
in Goseong, Gangwon-do (11/25~26)

The Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP), National Research Council for Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences (NRC), and Gangwon Province jointly held the 2021 DMZ International Forum on the Peace Economy in Goseong-gun, Gangwon-do, for two days from November 25th to 26th, under the theme of “Building Residence for Peace and International Cooperation on the Korean Peninsula.”

Seminar on Development Cooperation for Inclusive Recovery and
Step Forward: Sharing Hope, Sharing Future (11/25)

The Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) held an international seminar on “Development Cooperation for Inclusive Recovery and Step Forward” on November 25, 2021.

Call for Papers for East Asian Economic Review

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.