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Urban poverty in Korea differs from that in most other developing nations. It is less the result of rural underdevelopment and economic stagnation than a byproduct of rapid urbanisation and industrial growth. Overall, poverty in Korea has been greatly reduced and, even in the cities, the poor are a minority. Yet, the management of urban services for the poor is a complex issue in Korean society.
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See In-Joung Whang, ‘Management Dynamics of Economic Development in Korea for the Sixties and Seventies’, paper presented at the George Washington University Seminar on Korea’s Economic Modernization, Washington, 1983.
See Republic of Korea, Fifth Five Year Economic and Social Development Plan, 1982–1986 (Seoul: Economic Planning Board, 1982).
Sun-Woong Kim, ‘Urbanization Pattern and Factors of Urban Population Growth in Korea’, (in Korean), Korean Development Review, vol. 2. no. 1 (1980).
Sang Mok Suh et al., Reality of Poverty and Government Policy (Seoul: Korea Development Institute, 1981).
Korea Institute for Social Welfare Research, Survey of Living Conditions of the Poor in Seoul (Seoul: KISWR, 1979).
Bureau of Statistics, Special Labor Force Survey (Seoul: Republic of Korea, 1974).
Hans Singer and Nancy Baster, Young Human Resources in Korea’s Social Development (Seoul: Korea Development Institute, 1980).
Oscar Lewis, ‘The Culture of Poverty’, in Daniel Moynihan (ed.), On Understanding Poverty (New York: Basic Books, 1968).
Seungnam City Municipal Government, The History of Seugnam City (in Korean) (Seoul: 1982) pp. 37–58.
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Whang, IJ. (1988). Social Services Programmes for the Poor in a Newly Industrialising Country: Experience in South Korea. In: Rondinelli, D.A., Cheema, G.S. (eds) Urban Services in Developing Countries. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13484-7_7
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