A regional cooperation project centered on a long river way passing through several nations, in addition to ensuring agreement between the nations involved, requires cooperation from the international community as a whole. This is because of potential conflict that may inevitably arise during...

Bilateral labor flows into Korea are highly uneven in their distribution among countries, so improvement with major labor cooperation partners can have disproportionate effects on overall foreign labor outcomes. In addition, this will also help diversify the labor flows from the origin...

As these projects move forward, the so-called Korea Special Fund needs to be set up, so that Korea can evaluate, from the earliest stages (feasibility studies), how those funds should be spent. This allows an accumulation of data as well as provide opportunities for Korean corporations. Also,...

Most African states have relatively low credit ratings, making it impossible for financial institutions to fund projects in the region either by themselves or in small groups.This study develops suggestions on how Korean ECAs and investors can make use of DFIs overseas based on their analysis of...

This study surveys the types and amount of financial resources that multilateral and bilateral DFIs provide for Africa, and makes an in-depth analysis of major projects in Africa financed by them. Moreover, this study explores how Korean ECAs and investors collaborate with international...

The purpose of this study is to analyze the roles of Korea in the promotion of SMEs in Ethiopia as a means of development cooperation. SMEs in Ethiopia are experiencing the following barriers: low infrastructure, business-related policies and regulations, constraints to access credit, and the...

South Korea has emerged as a major destination for labor migration in the Asia-Pacific region in the last two decades. In 1991, the total number of foreign-born population in Korea was 167,000. At the end of 2011, the number reached 1.4 million while 705,000 of them are estimated to participate...