Examine the South Korean Economic Development and Capital Formation from 1876 to...

Examine the South Korean Economic Development and Capital Formation from 1876 to the Present Day

DUBLIN, Ireland--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3fc689/south_korea_in_the)
has announced the addition of the "South Korea in the Fast Lane:
Economic Development and Capital Formation" report to their offering.

After having been a Japanese colony for more than 35 years until
1945, the miraculous economic development in the southern half of the
Korean peninsula has multiplied the nations output nearly 38 times and
expanded per capita income by 16 times from $778 to $12,422 (in year
2000 prices) and transformed from basically an agrarian economy to
that of a major industrial power, which is now considered one of a
dozen or so of most industrialized countries in the world, during the
43-year period between 1953 and 1996. This book is a study of
development of the South Korean economy from the time of the cessation
of the Korean War to date, based on available data with minimal
historical description, focusing on investment, the sources and means
of capital formation, which is one of the most critical factors that
contributed to economic development, and the government role of in
them for economic growth and structural changes. The approach in this
study is more analytical (without being mathematical, statistical, or
technical, but with supporting quantitative data) than historical.

There are a number of studies on some aspects of capital formation
and economic development in short articles, but there is no
comprehensive study/analysis/book of capital formation and economic
development of South Korea since the Korean War, other than this
authors comprehensive study of capital formation and economic
transformation of Korea before 1945 (1876-1945). Not only this book
fills the void of study of the subject after the Korean War but it
also complements my first volume.

This study reveals a number of significant, though perhaps not all
unique, patterns and characteristics of capital formation and economic
development of South Korea. The combination of circumstances,
approaches, and experiences in the country was in many respects unique
in comparison to many developing and developed countries, including
many Asian countries, such as Japan and China.

Key Topics Covered:

-- Economic Development and Structural Changes

-- Aggregate and Sectoral Investment

-- Industrial and Foreign Exchange Policies

-- Domestic Financing of Business and Public Investments

-- Economic Impacts of Industrial and Financial Policies

-- Domestic Saving and Income Distribution

-- Foreign Savings and Direct Investment

-- Foreign Aid, Loans, and Other Sources of Foreign Savings

-- Capital Formation

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Source: Oxford University Press

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