This review was prepared under supervision of Ziga Zarnic, Head of OECD WISE Centre’s Unit on Country Reviews, SDGs and Impact Measurement; and guidance of Gabriela Ramos, former OECD Chief of Staff and Sherpa to the G20, and Romina Boarini, Director of OECD WISE Centre. Liva Stokenberga, Policy Analyst at the OECD WISE Centre, managed coordination of work across the OECD and with Korean authorities.
The principal authors of Chapter 1 are Romina Boarini, Liva Stokenberga and Ziga Zarnic with contributions from authors of Chapters 2 and 3 and data assistance by Michaela Gamba, Statistician at National Accounts Division of the Statistics and Data Directorate. Chapter 1 benefitted from the exchanges with the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI). Chapter 2 was prepared by the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS) under supervision of Mark Pearson, Deputy Director of ELS and the principal authors are Alessandro Goglio, Senior Policy Analyst, and Jongmi Lee, Statistician. Chapter 3 was prepared by the Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) under supervision of Chiara Criscuolo, Head of Division on Productivity, Innovation and Entrpreneurship; and the principal authors are Giuseppe Berlingieri, Economist, Nicolas Gonne, Junior Economist, Sébastien Miroudot, Senior Trade Policy Analyst, Ryu Hee Sang, Consultant, and Mariagrazia Squicciarini, Senior Economist. Anne-Lise Faron, WISE Publications and Event Coordinator, prepared the manuscript for publication; Sonia Primot designed the cover and Martine Zaida, WISE Communications, Partnership and Forum Manager, provided advice on communication aspects.
The report has benefitted from consultations with the Committee on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) and the Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Committee (ELSAC).
The authors of the report are grateful for constructive collaboration, valuable advice and substantive inputs of the Korean authorities, in particular the Korean Development Institute, as well as the Presidential Committee on Income-led Growth, the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and the Permanent Delegation of Korea to the OECD.
The OECD Inclusive Growth Review of Korea builds on a wide-ranging set of past and most recent OECD collaborations with Korea on various aspects of inclusive growth; in particular, the biennial OECD Economic Surveys: Korea (2020[1]), Towards Better Social and Employment Security in Korea, Connecting People with Jobs (2018[2]), Working Better with Age: Korea (2018[3]), Investing in Youth: Korea (2019[4]), Recruiting Immigrant Workers: Korea (2019[5]), and Rejuvenating Korea: Policies for a Changing Society (2019[6]). The OECD Inclusive Growth Review of Korea goes a step forward with a comprehensive analysis of Korea’s performance in terms of distributing the benefits from growth across the society and providing equal opportunities for all Koreans and firms to maximise their contribution to the economy and society.