Unveiling the North Korean Economy

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-107-18379-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 340 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 647 g

North Korea is one of the most closed and secretive societies in the world. Despite a high level of interest from the outside world, we have very little detailed information about how the country functions economically. In this valuable book for both the academic and policy-making circles, Byung-Yeon Kim offers the most comprehensive and systematic analysis of the present day North Korean economy in the context of economic systems and transition economics. It addresses what is really happening in the North Korean economy, why it has previously failed, and how the country can make the transition to a market economy. It takes advantage not only of carefully reconstructed macro data but also rich, new data at the micro level, such as quantitative surveys of North Korean refugees settled in South Korea, and the surveys of Chinese companies that interact heavily with North Korea.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kim, Byung-Yeon

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Sozialismus
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. An evaluation of the socialist economy; 2. The North Korean economy; 3. Transition of the North Korean economy; Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Kim, Byung-Yeon
Byong-Yeon Kim is a Professor in the Department of Economics, Seoul National University. He was the recipient of the T. S. Ashton Prize from the Economic History Society of the UK, the Chungram Award from the Korean Economic Association, and Distinguished Researcher in Humanities and Social Sciences at the National Research Foundation of Korea. He is a member of the executive committee of the Association for Comparative Economic Studies, and a regular columnist on North Korean issues in the Korea Joongang Daily newspaper.