From Aid Dependence to Aid Independence : South Korea
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I shall base my comments on my experience as major economic adviser in the design of South Korea’s Second Five Year Plan, which changed its policy orientation radically.. In interpreting Korea’s strategy, I shall also draw upon my comparative and historical statistical studies ( with Professor Cynthia Taft Morris) on how interactions among economic, social and political institutions change systematically during the process of national development.
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