May 25, 2011

The Structure of North Korea’s Political Economy: Changes and Effects

By Lee Young-sun, Yoon Deok-ryong

Socialist economic systems traditionally have been characterized by a centrally planned economy, in which a planning agency plans and organizes production as well as consumption...

May 25, 2011

Designing Public Sector Capital Mobilization Strategies for the DPRK

By Mr. Bradley Babson

Estimates of the financial requirements for reconstruction and future growth of the economy of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK, or North Korea) vary...

May 25, 2011

Strategic Dimensions of Economic Assistance for North Korea

By Paul Bracken

North Korea’s atomic bomb program and the U.S. response to it provide a case study in long-term crisis management. The defining characteristic of a crisis...

May 25, 2011

Mobilizing Private Capital for North Korea: Requirements for Attracting Private Investment

By Carl Adams, Malcolm Binks

The topic posed might seem to be a mission impossible: North Korea (the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) is a country that has been largely...

May 25, 2011

Prospects and Preconditions for Market Economic Transformation in North Korea

By Anders Aslund

Since 1989, approximately 30 countries have attempted to move from a socialist system to a market economy in Europe and Asia. The outcomes have been...