Categories Online database Country South Korea | Year founded November 23, 2012 Language English | |
Founder The KDI School of Public Policy and Management | ||
K-Developedia is a public knowledge database of resources on South Korea's socioeconomic development experiences. The K in K-Developedia signifies Korea, while the word Developedia is a compound of Development and Encyclopedia. The online database was established by Korea's government-run graduate school KDI School of Public Policy and Management in 2012 in an aim to share Korea's knowledge and expertise in economic growth with other developing countries. It covers various types of resources related to Korea’s last 60 years of development. The number of resources K-Developedia provides is around 30,000.
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K-developedia currently provides data in six areas:
Development Overview
Development Overview section is a platform sharing Korea’s socio-economic history. It aims to provide a brief summary on the key elements of Korea’s development. All topics are categorized into six areas (Economy, Industry and Technology, Territorial Development, Social Development, Government and Law and Official Aid) and four time periods. The source of the information in this section is a book ‘The Korean Economy: Six Decades of Growth and Development’ published by Korea Development Institute(KDI). Resources Resources section provides a collection of materials on a wide range of development issues of Korea gathered from selected Korean and international institutes. More than 30,000 materials are registered. Types of materials include thesis, research papers, articles, conference proceedings, pictures and videos. All resources are selected by advisory committee which consists of scholars and working-level experts in development fields.
Projects
Projects section provides outcomes of major cooperation projects that share Korea’s development experience with partner countries. This section has four sub-sections: Consulting Programs, Development Cases, Infrastructure Feasibility Studies and Capacity Building Workshops.
Events
Events section provides information on development assistance programs implemented by Korea, including workshops, conferences, forums and video conferences. Detailed schedules of events and workshop materials are uploaded.
Statistics
Statistics section provides statistical data on 877 key indicators on economy, employment and population of Korea. For each indicator, there is a table showing changes over time. Users can download an Excel spreadsheet for further research.
Links
Links section provides web links to useful statistical data, country profiles and related institutes.