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An ageing population and continued globalisation requires measures to secure fiscal sustainability (including health care reform) as well as adaptation of policies for the business sector and labour market reform to improve resource allocation to boost long-term growth.
While Korea remains one of the fastest-growing OECD economies, its potential growth rate per capita is projected to decelerate from around 4% during the current decade to around 2¼ per cent during the 2030s.
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Korea faces the challenge of reversing rising inequality while sustaining robust economic growth.
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Korea, which has had the highest growth rate of greenhouse gas emissions in the OECD area since 1990, adopted an ambitious Green Growth Strategy in 2009.
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26-April-2012
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Data Economic Survey of Korea 2012
한국은 대부분의 OECD 국가들에 비해 보다 빠르고 역동적으로 2008년 세계 경제 위기로부터 회복했으며, 실업률과 국가 채무도 낮은 수준이다. 세계 경제 둔화를 반영하여, 2011년 후반부터 성장이 둔화되었지만, 2012년에도 약 3.5% 성장할 것으로 예상된다. 한국은 지난 10년간 실질 GDP가 연간 4%를 초과하여 성장하는 등, OECD 국가 중에서 가장 빠르게 성장하는 국가 중 하나였다. 빠른 성장으로 미국과 한국의 1인당 소득 격차는 1991년 62%에서 2010년에는 36%로 줄어들었다.
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최근 발표된 OECD의 한국경제보고서에 따르면, 한국은 대부분의 OECD 국가보다 빠르고 역동적으로 글로벌 위기를 극복했지만, 견조한 경제성장만으로는 빠르게 진행되고 있는 고령화와 불평등의 증가 등에 의해 초래되는 근본적인 문제를 해결하는데 충분하지 않을 것이다.
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At the launch of the Economic Survey of Korea, A. Gurría. said the country needs to sustain strong economic growth while achieving social cohesion through a fair distribution of income.
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