The Saemaul Undong Movement in the Republic of Korea

The Saemaul Undong Movement in the Republic of Korea
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2012-06-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9290927038

The Saemaul Undong movement was a community-driven development program of the Republic of Korea in the 1970s. The movement contributed to improved community well-being in rural communities through agricultural production, household income, village life, communal empowerment and regeneration, and women's participation.This report examines the strengths and weaknesses of the movement along with contributing factors, including institutional arrangements, leadership influence, gender consideration, ideological guidance, and financing. It also reviews existing studies and government data on the movement, and presents excerpts from interviews with key persons engaged in the movement and useful lessons for implementing community-driven development initiatives in developing countries.

Rural Development in South Korea

Rural Development in South Korea
Author: William W. Boyer
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1991
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780874134315

After considering the problem of decentralizing rural development in South Korea generally, the authors analyze the proliferation period from 1970 to 1979 of Seemaul Undong--South Korea's so-called New Community Movement -- which was an attempt to achieve an integrated rural development program. The final chapter suggests directions for South Korea and draws implications for development elsewhere.

Re-Inventing Africa's Development

Re-Inventing Africa's Development
Author: Jong-Dae Park
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 456
Release: 2018-12-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3030039463

This open access book analyses the development problems of sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) from the eyes of a Korean diplomat with knowledge of the economic growth Korea has experienced in recent decades. The author argues that Africa's development challenges are not due to a lack of resources but a lack of management, presenting an alternative to the traditional view that Africa's problems are caused by a lack of leadership. In exploring an approach based on mind-set and nation-building, rather than unity – which tends to promote individual or party interests rather than the broader country or national interests – the author suggests new solutions for SSA's economic growth, inspired by Korea's successful economic growth model much of which is focused on industrialisation. This book will be of interest to researchers, policymakers, NGOs and governmental bodies in economics, development and politics studying Africa's economic development, and Korea's economic growth model.

New God, New Nation

New God, New Nation
Author: Kenneth M. Wells
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 248
Release: 1990-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780824813383

On the Margins of Urban South Korea

On the Margins of Urban South Korea
Author: Jesook Song
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2019-11-04
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1487517777

This book provides a rich and illuminating account of the peripheries of urban, regional, and transnational development in South Korea. Engaging with the ideas of "core location," a term coined by Baik Young-seo, and "Asia as method," a concept with a century-old intellectual lineage in East Asia, each chapter in the volume discusses the ways in which a place can be studied in an increasingly globalized world. Examining cases set in the Jeju English Education City, anti-poverty and community activist sites, rural areas home to large numbers of migrant women, and Korea’s Chinatowns, greenbelts, and textile factories, the collection develops a relational understanding of a place as a constellation of local and global forces and processes that interact and contradict in particular ways. Each chapter also explores multiple modes of urban marginality and discusses how understanding them shapes the methods of academic praxis for social justice causes and decolonialized scholarship. This book is the outcome of several years of interdisciplinary collaborations and dialogues among scholars based in geography, architecture, anthropology, and urban politics.

Local and Community Driven Development

Local and Community Driven Development
Author: Hans P. Binswanger-Mkhize
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2010-02-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0821381954

'Local and Community Driven Development: Moving to Scale in Theory and Practice' provides development practitioners with the historical background and the tools required to successfully scale up local and community driven development (LCDD) to the regional and national levels. LCDD gives control of development decisions and resources to communities and local governments. It involves collaboration between communities, local governments, technical agencies, and the private sector. Since the 1980s, participatory approaches have received new impetus via participatory rural appraisal, the integration of participation in sector programs, decentralization efforts of developing countries, and greater space for civil society and the private sector. This book traces the emergence of the LCDD synthesis from these various strands. 'Local and Community Driven Development' provides the theoretical underpinnings for scaling up, guidance on how to adapt the approach to the specific institutional and political settings of different countries, diagnostic tools, and step-by-step instructions to diagnose the national context, adapt policies, and expand programs. It will be a useful guide for rural and urban development practitioners, public administrators, and policy makers who wrestle daily with the problems the book addresses.

Sustainable Development Goals for Society Vol. 1

Sustainable Development Goals for Society Vol. 1
Author: Godwell Nhamo
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2021-06-16
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030709485

Written by 43 authors from Africa, Europe and Latin America, this book presents 19 topics addressing poverty in the context of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), leadership in implementing SDGs, and SDGs in service delivery and local government. As the world has gone past five years of implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the intertwined 17 SDGs, new opportunities in research continue to open up. Hence, documenting some of the initiatives put in place around the world regarding the implementation of the SDGs is one of the aims of this publication. With 10 years remaining, the book further enhances the desire to scale up SDGs implementation. The selection of case studies from the selected regions also provides a balance in terms of how the SDGs are being rolled out for economic growth, environmental stewardship and social protection. The ambition remains even with the challenge brought by the COVID-19 pandemic that preoccupied the whole of 2020; spilling over to 2021. There is no doubt that resources have been diverted, but the world must stay on the course to 2030 and beyond. Therefore, the book is relevant for several stakeholders including the academics, development partners, government officials and other individuals that are involved in making sure no one is left behind in the lead to 2030.

The Cooperative Business Movement, 1950 to the Present

The Cooperative Business Movement, 1950 to the Present
Author: Patrizia Battilani
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2012-08-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1139561278

The United Nations declared 2012 the year of cooperatives, emphasizing that there is an alternative to privately owned firms. While greed and mismanagement have caused world financial and economic crises, co-ops offer another type of business for economic activities that is less exposed to aggressive capitalism. This book provides a problem-oriented overview of the development of cooperatives over the last fifty years. The global study addresses the major challenges cooperatives face, such as the organizational innovations introduced to acquire necessary risk-capital and implement growth-related strategies, the wave of demutualization in developed nations and their ability to construct an original consumer politics. The contributors to this volume discuss the successes and failures of the cooperatives and ask whether they are an outdated model of enterprise. They document a wave of foundations of new co-ops, new forms of collaboration between them and a growing trend toward globalization.

Saemaul Undong and Transport Infrastructure Expansion

Saemaul Undong and Transport Infrastructure Expansion
Author: KIM Ju Young and JUNG Byung-doo
Publisher: 길잡이미디어
Total Pages: 87
Release: 2014-08-13
Genre:
ISBN: 8955036248

Chapter 1 Overview of the Study 1. Background and Purpose of the Study 2. Scope of the Study Chapter 2 Evolution of Saemaul Undong 1. The Birth of Saemaul Undong 2. Saemaul Undong’s Concept and Guiding Principles 3. Proliferation and Development of Saemaul Undong Chapter 3 Transport Infrastructure Expansion Initiated by Saemaul Undong 1. Expansion of Transport Infrastructure through Saemaul Undong 2. Five-Year Economic Development Plans and Transport Infrastructure 3. Comprehensive National Territorial Development Plans and Transport Infrastructure Chapter 4 Status of Transport Infrastructure and Relevant Organization 1. Status of Transport Infrastructure 2. Government Organizations Related to Transport Infrastructure Chapter 5 Buildup of Transport Infrastructure and Economic Achievements 1. Changes in Transport Infrastructure Indicators 2. Changes in Economic Growth Indicators Chapter 6 Conclusions and Policy Suggestions 1. Second Saemaul Undong and ODA Projects 2. Conclusions and Policy Suggestions References