1st Edition
International Aid and Sustainable Development in North Korea A Country Left Behind with Cloaked Society
By Sojin Lim
Copyright 2024
156 Pages
13 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
156 Pages
13 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
156 Pages
13 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book examines international aid in North Korea, in particular the ongoing policy of withholding aid, through the lens of the impact on the general population to present an argument for sustainable development.
Focusing on the human rights of North Koreans and presenting a case for the use of aid as a provision for social change, it explores an alternative narrative to the existing... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Sanctions and Unintended Consequences 3. Resilience Through Marketisation and The Digital Economy 4. Street-Level Bureaucrats and Cloaked Society 5. International Aid and Uncloaking Society 6. Strong Regime but Dysfunctional State Capacity 7. Conclusion
Biography
Sojin Lim is Reader in Asia Pacific Studies (with special reference to Korea), Course Leader for both MA North Korean Studies and MA Asia Pacific Studies, and Co-Director of the International Institute of Korean Studies at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. She is the author of articles and book chapters on sustainable development and political economy. Her recent publications include Politics, International Relations and Diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula (2024). She frequently discusses changes in the Korean Peninsula in media interviews.
