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North Korea as a Complex Humanitarian Emergency: Assessing Food Insecurity

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  • Marcus Noland

    (Peterson Institute for International Economics)

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North Korea is a complex humanitarian emergency with food insecurity at its core. As of August 2022, both quantity and price data point to a deteriorating situation, made worse by the regime's self-isolating response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine. Food availability has likely fallen below minimum human needs and on one metric is the worst since the 1990s famine. Food insecurity in North Korea is not only a humanitarian issue but also a strategic one. In this context, the diplomatic leverage conferred by aid is unclear, nor is North Korea's priority as a recipient, in light of competing needs elsewhere. Resolution of North Korea's chronic food insecurity would require changes in the regime's domestic and foreign policy commitments, but this seems unlikely due to enablement by China and Russia.

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  • Marcus Noland, 2022. "North Korea as a Complex Humanitarian Emergency: Assessing Food Insecurity," Working Paper Series WP22-16, Peterson Institute for International Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:iie:wpaper:wp22-16
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    1. Noland, Marcus & Haggard, Stephan, 2023. "Economic Sanctions during Humanitarian Emergencies: The Case of North Korea," MPRA Paper 115920, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    Keywords

    famine; food security; food prices; North Korea; complex humanitarian emergency;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q1 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
    • P2 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies

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