Egalitarian Peasant Farming and Rural Development: The Case of South Korea

Lee, Eddy

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“…as a national institution transcending class divisions' (Valderamma, 1982: 234). For Taiwan, there is wide agreement that the principal reason for land reform was probably 'the government's concern about, and its desire to minimize the possibility of, rural unrest' (Ho, 1978: 173; see also Lee, 1979: 25, 64, M. Moore, 1988. The experiences of Mexico and Kerala (India) are equally instructive on this (see Herring, 1980;Raj and Tharakan, 1983;Schejtman, 1982: 213-1 5).…”

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The Evolutionary Theory of Land Rights as Applied to Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Critical Assessment

Platteau

1996

Development and Change

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The evolutionary theory of land rights can be considered the dominant framework of analysis used by mainstream economists to assess the land tenure situation in developing countries, and to make predictions about its evolution. A central tenet of this theoryis that under the joint impact of increasing population pressure and market integration, land rights spontaneously evolve towards rising individualization and that this evolutioneventually leads rightsholders to press for the creation of duly formalized private property rights — a demand to which the state will have an incentive to respond. This article looks critically at the relevance of the evolutionary theory of land rights as currently applied to Sub‐Saharan Africa. In particular, the question of whether the establishmentof private property rights is an advisable structural reform in the present circumstancesis examined, in the light of evidence accumulated so far. It will be argued that most of the beneficial effects usually ascribed to such a reform are grossly over‐estimated and that, given its high cost, it is generally advisable to look for more appropriate solutions that rely on existing informal mechanisms at community level.

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The Evolutionary Theory of Land Rights as Applied to Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Critical Assessment

Platteau

1996

Development and Change

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“…o Why is Barro's curve not applicable to South Korea especially after development? Why is the growing inequality in the country not leading to economic growth (Lee, 1979;Oh, 1995;You, 2014)? • What is the exact impact of South Korea-only factors on inequality?…”

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Top Heavy: Globalization and Inequality in South Korea

Oh¹

2019

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South Korea is the only former colonial nation that has grown into a 50-30 Club member all in a very miraculous fashion. The 50-30 Club hosts only seven countries in the world, including the U.S., Japan, Germany, France, the U.K., Italy, and South Korea, all of which have more than 50 million population with a per capita income of more than US$30,000. Pundits held that one of the secrets to the Korean model was holding inequality low during developmental periods. However, globalization, democratization, and joining the prestigious global club made Korea look very unequal. This paper explores causes of equality and inequality before and after development. This paper finds that cultural, institutional, and global factors are both beneficial and inimical to equality in the case of South Korea.

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“…They gradually turned to the export-oriented strategy, coined by Hla Myint in an ADB-sponsored conference in 1970, and proceeded with a full route to industrialization in the 1980s (This can be seen in the radical change in their commodity composition of trade). In spite of the criticism of 'shallowness' of industrialization (Singh 1979) and the lack of initial conditions (such as the land reform) taken for granted in East Asia (Lee 1979), they pursued the export-oriented industrialization strategy with varying degrees of success. It became a mainstay of growth Asia's economic policy.…”

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The Asian Path of Economic Development: Intra-regional Trade, Industrialization and the Developmental State

Sugihara

2018

Emerging States and Economies

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This chapter discusses the Asian path of economic development from a long-term historical perspective. It is an attempt to understand the regionally specific context in which current emerging economies, especially India, Southeast Asia and China, industrialized. The basic demographic regime of monsoon Asia was formed in the early modern period, in which China and India developed a very large population-carrying capacity. The path of economic development was sustainabilitydriven, rather than growth-driven. In the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century regional integration took place under the Western impact, which led to the growth of intra-regional trade and labour-intensive industrialization. A fully-fledged industrialization, with a rapid rise in living standards, followed in the second half of the twentieth century. In Japan the developmental state promoted national land development plans, and fostered capital-and resource-intensive industries in the seafront industrial complex along the Pacific coast. The development path of the countries in the Western Pacific rim at least partially became resourceintensive and growth-driven. In the most recent period, China extended this seafront model to a more comprehensive resource nexus model, which would enable the integration of the non-maritime parts of the country and the Eurasian continent into its growth orbit. This development requires a fuller mobilization of less tradable resources, such as water and ecosystem services, putting pressure on local resources and raising questions about environmental sustainability. The developmental state seeking both industrialization and environmental sustainability plays a crucial role in determining the future of Asia's development path.

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Egalitarian Peasant Farming and Rural Development: The Case of South Korea

Cited by 13 publications

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The Evolutionary Theory of Land Rights as Applied to Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Critical Assessment

The Evolutionary Theory of Land Rights as Applied to Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Critical Assessment

Top Heavy: Globalization and Inequality in South Korea

The Asian Path of Economic Development: Intra-regional Trade, Industrialization and the Developmental State

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