President
Korea Institute for International Economic Policy
Office Address
300-4 Yomgok-Dong, Socho-Gu, Seoul 137-747, Korea
Tel: 82-2-3460-1100∼2 (Office)
Fax: 82-2-3460-1111
E-mail:
Website: http://www.kiep.go.kr
Biographical Data
Born on December 26, 1947 in the Republic of Korea
Married, with two children
Education
1983 Doctor of Economics
George Washington University, Washington D.C., USA
1974 Master of Public Administration
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
1970 Bachelor of Arts, Economics
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Professional Experience
2005.1- Present President
Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP)
2001.- 2004.8 Ambassador
Permanent Delegation of Korea to the OECD
1998 – 2001.12 President
Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP)
1995 - 1998 Vice President
Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade
1983 - 1994 Research Fellow
Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade
1974 - 1977 Section Chief
Banking Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Republic of Korea
Advisory Activities
2005. -Present Chair, APEC Economic Committee (EC)
2004. -Present Member, Presidential Economic Advisory Council
2001 – 2001.12 Chair
APEC Economic Committee (EC)
APIAN Executive Committee Member
2000 – 2001.12 Member of the Governing Body , Regional Representative
of East Asia, Global Development Network
2001– 2001.12 Acting Chair and Chair of the Board of Governors for the
APEC Education Foundation
1998– 2001.12 Executive Committee Chair
Korea National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation
(KOPEC)
2000 Commissioner to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Policy
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
2000 Commissioner to the Committee of Industrial Development
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy
1999 Member of the East Asia Vision Group
1999 Advisor on Competition Policy
Korea Fair Trade Commission
1999 Visiting Scholar, Han Yang University
1999 Visiting Scholar, Graduate School of International Studies,
Ewha Womans University
1994 - 1998 Member of the Presidential Commission on Policy Planning,
Republic of Korea
1995 Member of the Evaluation Committee for Mobile Telecommunications Business Entities
1983 - 1991 Member of the Planning Committee for Industrial Development, 6th 7th, and the New Economic and Social Development Plans, Economic Planning Board
1989 - 1991 Economic Advisor to the Minister of Trade and Industry
1984 - 1990 Member of the Screening Committee on Foreign Direct Investment,
Ministry of Finance
1986 - 1988 Economic Advisor to the Minister of Trade and Industry
Academic Associations
1993 - 1999 Vice Chairman
Korean Industrial Organization Association
1996 - 1998 Executive Committee Member
Korean International Economics Association
1997 - 1999 Executive Committee Member
Korean Finance Association
Awards and Fellowships
1998 Republic of Korea’s National Decoration of Honor
1977 - 1979 Government Scholarship for Ph.D. Studies
Research Fellowship, George Washington University
Publications
1) A Comparative Analysis of the Electronic Parts and Components Industries of Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Singapore, Research Report No. 78, Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade (KIET), 1985
2) Economic Effects of Korea's Trade Liberalization, Research Report No. 152, KIET, 1988
3) High-Technology Industry Development and Industrial Policy of Korea, Issue Paper No. 89-37, KIET, 1989
4) Development Strategy for Infant Industries of Korea under the Opening of the Domestic Market, Policy Study No. 89-06, KIET, 1989
5) "Korea's Market Opening, Its Impact, and Policy Responses", Monthly Industrial Survey, Vol. 7, No. 8, August 1989
6) "Policy Measures to Reduce Industrial Concentration and Concentration of Economic Power", Economic Development in the Republic of Korea: A Policy Perspective, ed. by Lee-Jay Cho and Yoon Hyung Kim, East-West Center, Hawaii, 1991 (English)
7) Theory and Practice of Industrial Policy, Research Series No. 7, KIET, 1991 (revised in 1996)
8) Korea's Economic Development: Market Pulled or Government Pushed?, Occasional Paper No. 92-15, KIET, 1992 (English)
9) Comparative Characteristics of Korea's Industrial Structure, Research Report No. 290, KIET, 1993
10) A Study of Korea's Development Indicators, Presidential Commission on Policy Planning, 1996
11) Is APEC Moving Towards the Bogor Goal?, Working Paper Series 01-03, Coauthored, KIEP, 2001
12) Is the East Asian Development Model Dead?, KIEP, 2001
13) “Korea's Foreign Trade Strategy in the New Millennium”, Korea's Economic Strategy in the Globalization Era, Coauthored, edited by Oh Yul Kwon , Kyung Tae Lee, Edward Elgar Co., 2003.
14) “China’s Integration with the World Economy: Repercussions of China’s Accession to the WTO” edited by Kyung Tae Lee, Justin Yifu Lin, Si Joong Kim, KIEP, 2001
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