Korean Diaspora in the World Economy
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Koreans living in the United States have generated an increase in trade between the United States and Korea of about 15 to 20 percent. This is just one of the surprising conclusions reached in this report, which, upon the 100th anniversary of the migration of Koreans from their homeland, looks at the impact of the 6-7 million Korean people outside the Korean peninsula who make up this diaspora on both overseas economies and on South Korea.
No country in history has ever succeeded and built a developed and high-income economy without participating in the global economy; globalization is a requirement for economic success. And one of the major elements in globalization, in addition to international trade and international investment, is migration. In The Korean Diaspora in the World Economy, experts hold up South Korea as one of the most dramatic examples of that experience, having gone from a poor, underdeveloped country less than 40 years ago, to a postwar economic success story. The report also looks at South Korea's role as a regional trading partner and its present and future relations with North Korea.
About the Author
Inbom Choi is the Chief Economist at the Federation of Korean Industries. Previously, he was assistant secretary to the president for economic affairs and director of international economic policy in the Office of the President of Korea (1995-96). He has been a research fellow at the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy since 1990. He has also been a consultant to the World Bank and a visiting professor at Georgetown University. In 1998 and 1999, he was selected by the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) as one of the Next Generation Leaders of Asia. He is the author of Competitiveness of Korean Products in the U.S. Market (1993, in Korean), Trade Barriers in Government Procurement Practices of Developed Countries (1992, in Korean), and Effects of FDI on Productivity in the Manufacturing Industries of Korea and Taiwan (1991, in Korean), among others.
C. Fred Bergsten has been Director of the Institute for International Economics since its creation in 1981. He was also Chairman of the Competitiveness Policy Council, which was created by Congress, throughout its existence from 1991 to 1995 and Chairman of the APEC Eminent Persons Group throughout its existence from 1993 to 1995. He was Assistant Secretary for International Affairs of the US Treasury (1977-81), Assistant for International Economic Affairs to the National Security Council (1969-71), and a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution (1972-76), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1981), and the Council on Foreign Relations (1967-68). He is the author, coauthor, or editor of 28 books on a wide range of international economic issues, including No More Bashing: Building a New Japan-United States Economic Relationship (2001), Whither APEC? The Progress to date and Agenda for the Future (1997), and Global Economic Leadership and the Group of Seven (1996).
Korean Diaspora in the World Economy,C. Fred Bergsten,Inbom Choe,Institute for International Economics,0881323586,1960-,Business & Economics,Business / Economics / Finance,Business/Economics,Economic conditions,Economics - General,Finance,Foreign countries,International - Economics,International business enterprises,Korea (South),Koreans
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