Coping with North Korea’s Energy Future: KEDO and Beyond
The subject of the energy future of North Korea (the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea or DPRK) has many dimensions, conceptualized in a broad variety…
Managing Collateral Catastrophe: Rationale and Preconditions for International Economic Support for North Korea
No country in recent history has been as notoriously branded as North Korea (the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or DPRK), which has been portrayed…
The Structure of North Korea’s Political Economy: Changes and Effects
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…
Designing Public Sector Capital Mobilization Strategies for the DPRK
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…
Strategic Dimensions of Economic Assistance for North Korea
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…
Mobilizing Private Capital for North Korea: Requirements for Attracting Private Investment
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…
Prospects and Preconditions for Market Economic Transformation in North Korea
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…