Deciphering the Miracle on the Han: Lessons for the World on How South Korea Escaped Poverty and Transformed its Economy

解读韩国奇迹：韩国如何摆脱贫困并实现经济转型给世界的教训

• 批准号: ES/W011360/1
• 负责人: Robin Burgess
• 金额: $ 6.2万
• 依托单位: London School of Economics and Political Science
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FW011360%2F1
• 关键词: Deciphering; Miracle; Han; Lessons; World

Starting in the 18th century a wave of technological innovations transformed the British economy. This marked the turning point in Britain becoming the rich country as we know it today. Much like Britain, South Korea witnessed a dramatic change in circumstances in the 20th century. South Korea began as a poor country before joining the ranks of the rich several decades later. The speed at which South Korea transformed is unprecedented, with the term 'the miracle on the Han River' being coined to describe this moment in history. Our goal is to decipher how this miracle took place. Despite South Korea's success, this period remains remarkably understudied in the mainstream English-language economics literature. Likely reasons include challenges in accessing data, language barriers, and a lack of understanding of the historical context. Our hope is that through the ESRC AHRC connections grant we can overcome these barriers to gain new insights on this fascinating period. Deciphering the miracle on the Han will help answer a fundamental question facing economics: why do some areas become rich, but not others? And, more importantly, is there anything governments can do to help this process?Our main objectives are to:1. Link renowned economists in economic growth and poverty alleviation from the London School of Economics (LSE) with leading economic historians of South Korea's economic transformation.2. Bring together scholars from Europe, North America, and South Korea to present the latest research on South Korea's historical economic development to determine what, so far, we know and do not know about South Korea's growth story. Workshops in both South Korea, hosted by Sogang University, and the UK, hosted by LSE, are planned.3. Fund early-career researcher exchanges to harness recently digitised and previously unavailable historical survey and administrative data to create an unprecedented dataset capturing all aspects of South Korea's economic transformation. This opens opportunities to develop collaborative projects within economics and across other fields.4. Develop new relationships with other important local agencies such as the Korean Statistical Information Service (KOSIS), the Korea Development Institute (KDI), and the Korean Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO). 5. Feed results from research generated through these connections into global thinking on what effective development policy should look like, of which the UK and increasingly South Korea are key players. Extra emphasis will be on using existing links with FCDO to impact the UK's Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy.

从18世纪开始，一波技术创新改变了英国经济。这标志着英国成为我们今天所知道的富裕国家的转折点。与英国一样，韩国在20世纪的情况发生了巨大变化。几十年后，韩国最初是一个贫穷的国家。韩国转变的速度是前所未有的，“汉河上的奇迹”一词是为了描述历史上这一刻的创造。我们的目标是破译这种奇迹是如何发生的。尽管韩国取得了成功，但在主流英语经济学文献中，这一时期仍被深入研究。可能的原因包括访问数据，语言障碍以及对历史背景的理解缺乏挑战。我们的希望是，通过ESRC AHRC连接赠款，我们可以克服这些障碍，以在这个迷人的时期获得新的见解。解读汉族上的奇迹将有助于回答经济学面临的基本问题：为什么有些领域会变得富有，而不是其他领域？而且，更重要的是，政府可以做些什么来帮助这一过程？我们的主要目标是：1。将伦敦经济学院（LSE）（LSE）的经济增长和缓解贫困的著名经济学家与韩国经济转型的主要经济历史学家的联系。2。将来自欧洲，北美和韩国的学者汇集在一起​​，介绍有关韩国历史经济发展的最新研究，以确定到目前为止，我们知道并且对韩国的增长故事不了解。计划在韩国主办的韩国和由LSE主办的英国举办的讲习班。3。资金的早期研究人员交流与利用后期数字化且以前不可用的历史调查和行政数据，以创建一个前所未有的数据集，以捕获韩国经济转型的各个方面。这为在经济学和其他领域内开发合作项目的机会打开了机会。4。与其他重要的地方机构建立新的关系，例如韩国统计信息服务（KOSIS），韩国发展研究所（KDI）和韩国电力公司（KEPCO）。 5。通过这些联系产生的研究结果全球思维的饲料结果，即有效的发展政策的外观，英国和越来越多的韩国是关键参与者。额外的重点将是使用与FCDO的现有链接来影响英国对安全，国防，发展和外交政策的综合审查。