Taxation, Innovation and the Environment

By putting a price on pollution, do environmentally related taxes spur innovation? What types of innovation result? Does the design of the tax play a critical role? What is the effect of this innovation? This publication also explores the use of environmentally related taxes in OECD countries.&l

Environmental Impacts of International Shipping: a Case Study of the Port of Busan

As part of the project “Environmental Impacts of International Shipping: the role of ports”, this case study focuses on the way the port of Busan and the Korean authorities address the environmental impacts of the port and its interactions with the hinterlands.

Obesity and the Economics of Prevention: Fit not Fat - Korea Key Facts

Obesity rates in Korea are among the lowest in the OECD, but have been increasing steadily.

한국의 보건의료개혁 Korean version of Health-Care Reform in Korea

Korean version of Health-Care Reform in Korea(Economics Department Working Papers No. 797)

PISA Computer-Based Assessment of Student Skills in Science

This report analyses the results of an electronically-delivered test in science literacy pioneered by PISA in Denmark, Iceland and Korea. It presents 15-year-olds’ achievement scores and explains the impact of information communication technologies on both males’ and females’ science skills

The Use of International Standards in Technical Regulation

To what extent do governments use international standards in their technical regulations? This paper looks at the electrical household appliance, natural gas equipment and telephony sectors in Canada, Japan, Korea, Mexico, United States and the European Union.

The Korean financial system: overcoming the global financial crisis and addressing remaining problems

The intensification of the global financial crisis in late 2008 led to large capital outflows from Korea and turmoil in its capital markets.

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Korea’s green growth strategy: mitigating climate change and developing new growth engines

Korea’s greenhouse gas emissions almost doubled between 1990 and 2005, the highest growth rate in the OECD area.

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Korea: Health-care reform

Korea’s health-care system has contributed to the marked improvement in health conditions, while limiting spending to one of the lowest levels in the OECD through high patient co-payments and limited coverage of public health insurance.

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Korea: Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the OECD

Biographical note of Korea's Permanent Representative.