Unveiling the North Korean Economy: Collapse and Transition
Cambridge University Press, 6/8/2017
EAN 9781107183797, ISBN10: 1107183790
Hardcover, 340 pages, 23.5 x 15.8 x 2 cm
Language: English
North Korea is one of the most closed and secretive societies in the world. Despite a high level of interest from the outside world, we have very little detailed information about how the country functions economically. In this valuable book for both the academic and policy-making circles, Byung-Yeon Kim offers the most comprehensive and systematic analysis of the present day North Korean economy in the context of economic systems and transition economics. It addresses what is really happening in the North Korean economy, why it has previously failed, and how the country can make the transition to a market economy. It takes advantage not only of carefully reconstructed macro data but also rich, new data at the micro level, such as quantitative surveys of North Korean refugees settled in South Korea, and the surveys of Chinese companies that interact heavily with North Korea.
Introduction
1. An evaluation of the socialist economy
2. The North Korean economy
3. Transition of the North Korean economy
Conclusion.