1st Edition

Revival: Korean Economic Reform (2001) Before and Since the 1997 Crisis

By Robert F. Emery Copyright 2001
234 Pages
by Routledge

234 Pages
by Routledge

234 Pages
by Routledge

This title was first published in 2001. In 1997 the author was told, by an official at the Korean embassy in Washington DC, that the most serious economic problem facing Korea was the need for reform of the financial sector. This proved to be true, as a financial crisis hit Korea in November 1997. Though problems arising before November 1997 indicate that Korea's economic problems were not solely... Read more
1: Introduction; 2: Current Structure and Operation of the Financial System; 3: Financial Reform Prior to the 1997 Crisis; 4: The Basic Underlying Problems of the Economy; 5: The 1997 Crisis and the Economic Reform Program; 6: Reform and Restructuring of the Financial Sector; 7: Reform and Restructuring of the Corporate Sector; 8: Overall Assessment

Biography

Robert F. Emery