The dissemination of best practices has been a major tool for public sector reform in Asia. There are two reasons why it is an effective tool, especially for reforming public entities (PE) such as state-owned enterprises and government-funded organizations, which have more flexibility in their...

Though it is neither desirable nor likely that an emergency will materialize in North Korea in the near future, it is necessary to be prepared for such an abrupt incidence. This paper examines necessary measures to take in the case of a North Korean collapse. The policy goal of a potential...

Reforming PEs is a critical component of public sector reform. In order to approach such an important task more systematically, we need to know how PEs reformed themselves during the past 5 years under President Roh. By examining a survey on 125 public entities' best practices, it is possible...

Korea's public employees have made significant contributions to the country's rapid economic growth and social development. In recent years, however, there has been growing concern that the competitiveness of Korea's public employees is lagging behind Korea's private sector employees as well as...

This paper aims to evaluate IKCF (Inter-Korean Cooperation Fund) based on the ODA/DAC standard. For this purpose, the ODA expenditure in IKCF is investigated, after which the trend for the past 20 years is analyzed. By comparing with the ODA guideline suggested by the DAC, this paper suggests...