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Rural study of Korea

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  • Enrique Garcilazo
  • Laura-Sofia Springare
  • Mai Sasaki
  • Diana Oropeza Higuera

Abstract

This paper examines the role of rural regions in the economic transformation of Korea. The analysis at regional level reveals that, while having experiencing continued urbanisation and rapid demographic shift of aging and depopulation, the Korean rural areas performs well in terms of productivity growth thanks to the relatively higher share of tradable sectors in rural economies. It also provides the overview of how the rural policy in Korea, which has evolved in response to the socio-economic changes and growing well-being concerns. With the balanced national development at the centre of the national agenda for decades, regional policy approaches have diversified from state-led large projects to flexible policy packages and functional approaches to enhance rural economies and well-being. Finally, the paper presents a number of international policy approaches that can be useful for Korea, including the case of France, Italy and Sweden.

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  • Enrique Garcilazo & Laura-Sofia Springare & Mai Sasaki & Diana Oropeza Higuera, 2019. "Rural study of Korea," OECD Regional Development Working Papers 2019/05, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:govaab:2019/05-en
    DOI: 10.1787/50e33932-en
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    1. Paola Bertolini, 2019. "Overview on rural poverty in developed countries," Department of Economics 0149, University of Modena and Reggio E., Faculty of Economics "Marco Biagi".
    2. Wenqi Li & Li Zhang & Inhee Lee & Menelaos Gkartzios, 2023. "Overview of Social Policies for Town and Village Development in Response to Rural Shrinkage in East Asia: The Cases of Japan, South Korea and China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(14), pages 1-19, July.

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    Keywords

    Balanced national development; Contract; Demographic change; Korea; Rural development; Rural well-being;
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    JEL classification:

    • H70 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - General
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy

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