Book Description
There is much intense interest in North Korea at present. This partly arises from questions about Korea's nuclear capability and intentions, and about the extent to which North Korea may be viewed as 'a rogue state' or part of 'the axis of evil'. In addition, however, North Korea has recently begun experimenting with reforms along Chinese lines. The vigour with which these will be pursued, and related questions about the degree of engagement, or otherwise, with South Korea are also important issues. This book provides full details of economic and political developments in North Korea since 1989 when the communist world began to change irrevocably.Table of Contents
- Front Cover
- North Korea
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 An overview of political and economic developments
- 2 Historical, political and demographic aspects
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3 The economy
- Economic background
- Natural resources
- National income and per capita income
- Economic planning and reforms prior to the summer of 2002
- Specific aspects of the reforms that began in the summer of 2002
- Foreign trade
- Foreign debt and aid
- Foreign direct investment
- Economic performance, famine and international aid
- The cost of reunification
- Economic performance
- Appendix 1 The Soviet (Stalinist) economic system
- Appendix 2 General issues in the transition from command to market economies
- Postscript
- Bibliography
- Index