In recent years, the relatively high incomes achieved by countries in Latin America have ruled them out as partners for development cooperation. However, 30% of its population still lives under the poverty level, while both income disparity and rural-urban disparity remain high, which point to a high demand for development cooperation. Therefore this study conducted a quantitative analysis to identify priority sectors and suggest sectoral plans for the official development aid (ODA) toward Latin American countries.
This study is composed of six chapters. Following the introductory chapter, chapter two analyzes the environment for development cooperation of the Latin American region. For more effective analysis, we take into consideration the region's political and economic situation, progress in MDG(Millenium Development Goals) and related achievements, and possible benefits for the region. Lastly, based on this analysis, environment of the development cooperation of the region.
In chapter three is a quantitative analysis of the aid demand of the region. Out of thirty-three Latin American countries, seven countries are selected as priority countries for cooperation including El Salvador, Honduras, Paraguay, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia. Among these seven countries, four of them(El Salvador, Honduras, Paraguay, Bolivia) are lower-middle income countries and the other three countries(Ecuador, Peru, Colombia) belong to upper-middle income category. Major development indicators of the seven countries are compared with those of higher-income countries and this gap is defined as aid demand. Also the indicator gap between Korea and the said countries are accounted for in order to assess the feasibility of the development aid. Based on these demands and  feasibility, priority sectors selected are infrastructure, environment, education and ICT. Among these four sectors, sectoral analysis is conducted in the following chapter for three sectors with the exception of infrastructure, as the infrastructure sector requires huge capital and it is sometimes not appropriate for the development aid as it involves complex economic interests. In education, vocational training is selected as the priority sector as demand for this sector is relatively high within the region.
In chapter four, three priority sectors out of the four mentioned in chapter three were examined in detail in terms of its cooperation status and its implications. In particular, this chapter probes the national development plans of the seven countries in order to examine their demand for development cooperation in environment, vocational training, and ICT sector and thereby proposes some policy implications for Korea.
Chapter five scrutinizes the major projects that Korea worked on in the priority sectors, including performance and the problems.
Finally, chapter six makes some suggestions in environment, vocational training, and ICT sectors in order to promote development cooperation. In the environmental sector: ① enhancement of the country's image in environment ODA ② educational programs for environment protection and the diversification of supporting areas ③ expansion of cooperation with the regional development banks ④ triangular cooperation are suggested. As for the vocational training sector: ① more active vocational training in the donor country's strategic industries ② foundation of Korea-Chile industrial technology training center ③ empowerment of the teachers in vocational training ④ cooperation between companies and aid agencies ⑤ collaboration with the regional development banks of the region are suggested. Lastly, in the ICT sector: ① foundation of Korea-Latin America ICT cooperation forum and fund raising ② establishment of ICT R&D Think Tank Initiative in Latin America ③ Korea-Latin America industrial cooperation on ICT Convergence ④ taking the initiative in the Forum for East Asia-Latin American Cooperation (FEALAC) ICT cooperation program are proposed.

국문요약 

제1장 서 론 
1. 연구 필요성 및 목적 
2. 연구 구성 및 방법 

제2장 중남미의 개발협력 환경 현황 및 평가 
1. 최근 정치·경제 현황 
가. 정치 현황 
나. 경제 현황 
2. 역내 개발격차와 MDG 목표 달성 현황 
가. 역내 개발격차 현황 
나. MDG 목표 달성 현황 및 평가 
3. ODA 수원 현황 및 특징 
가. 연도별 추이 
나. 국별 현황 
다. 분야별 현황 
4. 최근 중남미 개발협력 환경 평가 

제3장 중남미의 개발수요 및 유망 협력 분야 
1. 분석 방법 
가. 분석 대상국가 선정 
나. 비교 대상국가 선정
다. 데이터 
2. 분석 모형 
가. 필요성 분석 
나. 공여 능력 분석 
다. 중점 협력 분야 도출 
3. 분석 결과 
가. 필요성 및 공여 능력 분석 결과 
나. 중점 협력 분야 도출 
4. 정책적 시사점 

제4장 유망 협력 분야별 ODA 현황 및 특징 
1. 환경 
가. 중남미의 환경 ODA 수요 
나. 주요국 국가개발계획과 환경 
다. 공여국의 환경 분야 ODA 현황과 특징 
2. 직업훈련 
가. 중남미의 직업훈련 ODA 수요 
나. 주요국의 국가개발계획과 직업훈련 수요 
다. 공여국의 직업훈련 부문 ODA 현황과 특징 
3. ICT 
가. 중남미의 ICT ODA 수요 
나. 주요국 국가개발계획과 ICT 수요 
다. 공여국의 ICT 분야 ODA 현황과 특징 
4. 한국에 대한 시사점 

제5장 한국의 대중남미 ODA 현황과 평가 
1. 대중남미 ODA 위상 
2. 국가별‧분야별 ODA 현황 
가. 국가별 ODA 지원 현황 
나. 분야별 ODA 지원 현황 
3. 한국의 대중남미 ODA 평가 

제6장 결론: 대중남미 ODA 추진 방향과 분야별 협력방안 
1. 주요 연구 결과 및 대중남미 ODA 추진 방향 
가. 주요 연구 결과 
나. 대중남미 ODA 추진 방향 
2. 분야별 협력방안 
가. 환경 
나. 직업훈련 
다. ICT 

참고문헌 

Executive Summary