Economy & Trade - Korea Economic Institute of America

Opportunity and Risk-Mitigation in Africa

Following several lost decades of stagnant growth and bad governance after independence in the 1960s, African countries are now resurgent. Whether one looks at gross...

Philippe de Pontet

October 21, 2011

Publication

“Koreafrica”: An Ideal Partnership for Synergy?

Africa, composed of 54 countries, occupies 20.4percent (30,221,532 square kilometers) of the totalland on earth. It is a huge continent with a populationof approximately one...

Young-tae Kim

October 21, 2011

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Korea Can Do More in the Middle East

While Korea’s efforts in helping Libya are laudable, Korea may also be in a position to help utilize lessons from its own development to help...

Troy Stangarone

October 19, 2011

Analysis

Congress Approves the KORUS FTA

Ensuring passage of the KORUS FTA in time for President Lee’s visit is reflective of the strong nature of the alliance.

Troy Stangarone

October 13, 2011

Analysis

White House Submits KORUS FTA to Congress

Troy Stangarone looks at what is ahead for the FTA now it has been submitted to congress.

Troy Stangarone

October 4, 2011

Analysis

Achievements in Seoul and Korea’s Role in the G-20

Domestically, the decision for Korea to take on the presidency of the Group of 20 (G-20) in 2010 was received with both excitement and concern....

Choi Heenam

September 7, 2011

Publication

The Economics of Reunification

The term “reunification” can be defined as a process of forming one united country from two or more countries that had been separated by internal...

Dong Yong-sueng

August 31, 2011

Publication

Korea-China Economic Partnership: The Third China Rush

The year 2010, which is when the Korean economy recovered from the 2008 global financial crisis, seems to have been the turning point to rerecognize...

Cheong Young-rok

August 31, 2011

Publication

Increasing Dependency: North Korea’s Economic Relations with China

As the economy of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea becomes increasingly isolated, it depends more and more on the People’s Republic of China for...

Dick K. Nanto

August 31, 2011

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U.S.-Korea Economic Relations: A View from Seoul

Incredible change in the global economy over the past decade has shattered virtually everyone's expectations of what the next fifty years will look like, and...

Kim Won-kyong

August 31, 2011

Publication

Korea-Africa: Emerging Opportunities

Just a few decades ago, South Korea had much in common with many African states as they were emerging from colonialism. At the time of...

James Clifton Francis

August 31, 2011

Publication

Economic Implications for South Korea of the Current Transformation in the Middle East

In this article, I focus on the impacts on South Korea of the current transformation in the Middle East. South Korea is the world’s fifth-largest...

Han Baran

August 31, 2011

Publication

Africa and South Korea’s Leadership of the G-20

The expansion of the Group of Eight (G-8) to the Group of 20 (G-20) was received by developing countries with high expectations and optimism. The...

Mwangi S. Kimenyi

August 31, 2011

Publication

The G-20: Achievements and Challenges

Just as the world economy was about to be thrown into another Great Depression in late 2008, leaders of the Group of 20 (G-20) and...

SaKong Il

August 31, 2011

Publication

A Reflection on the Seoul Summit

The world of the twenty-first century is not the world in which I grew up. Then, influence and power were centered in the so-called industrialized...

Paul Volcker

August 31, 2011

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