the government announced its "Green New Deal" project on Jan. 6.
The Korea Herald : The Nation's No.1 English Newspaper - 0 views
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The "Green New Deal" is an ambitious project designed to create 960,000 jobs by investing 50 trillion won ($36.4 billion) over the next four years
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The Korean government has taken the position that this crisis is an opportunity to advance eco-friendly economics; by pumping investment into "green technologies," we will be both helping the economy and setting the stage for future economic growth.
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The Economist : The chaebol have mostly learnt their lesson, but some lapses continue - 0 views
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Many of the changes have gone deep. After the crisis, foreign investors were welcomed, and now around half of the shares of Samsung Electronics and LGE are foreign-owned.
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In practice the new rules were hardly draconian.
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Moreover, no South Korean government appears able to resist the temptation to use the chaebol for policy ends.
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Policy Brief 2008/03 Europe's R&D: Missing the Wrong Targets? This Policy Brief address two challenges: First, Europe is failing to live up to the target set in the Lisbon agenda to increase public and private-funded investment in R&D to 3 percent of GDP. Can Europe catch up? Second, since countries have different industrial specialisations, do targets for business funded R&D investment make any economic sense? [download the report] THE AUTHOR Bruno van Pottelsberghe [meet Bruno] POLICY BRIEFS A Tail of Two Countries[read it] Europe's R&D: Missing the Wrong Targets?[read it] Is Structural Spending on Solid Foundations?[read it] Financing Europe's Fast Movers[read it] Why Europe is not Carbon Competitive[read it] Why Reform Europe's Universities?[read it] Is Europe Ready for a Major Banking Crisis?[read it] Global Imbalances: Time for Action[read it] A Better Globalisation Fund[read it] Global Governance: An Agenda for Europe[read it] A Primer on Innovation and Growth[read it] Single Market Trails Home Bias[read it] Farewell National Champions[read it] Welcome to Europe[read it] Last Exit to Lisbon[read it] The Euro: Only for the Agile[read it] Global Current Account Imbalances: How to Manage the Risk for Europe[read it] Globalisation and the Reform of European Social Models[read it] Bruegel Rue de la Charité 33 B-1210 Brussels Belgium +32 2 227 4210 info@bruegel.org
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