International Aid and Sustainable Development in North Korea: A Country Left Behind with Cloaked Society...

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Sojin Lim (University of Central Lancashire, UK)

International Aid and Sustainable Development in North Korea

A Country Left Behind with Cloaked Society

Sojin Lim (University of Central Lancashire, UK)

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English

Routledge
22 June 2023

Aid & relief programmes; Sustainability

Series: Routledge Research on Korea

This book examines international aid in North Korea, in particular the ongoing policy of withholding aid, through the lens of the impact on the general population to present an argument for sustainable development.

Focusing on the human rights of North Koreans and presenting a case for the use of aid as a provision for social change, it explores an alternative narrative to the existing long-drawn-out rhetoric of ‘denuclearisation-first’. The book’s scope includes evaluations of the causes of international sanctions and their impact, the Kim regime’s mitigation of sanctions through marketisation and a digital economy as well as barriers to aid monitoring and the reason for the absence of any mass anti-regime movement. It also posits that North Korea is a fragile state but cloaked by the image of a strong regime.

The book succinctly demonstrates that the key to unlocking the potential of North Korea’s ‘cloaked society’ does not lie in sanctions, but is to be found in engagement with development aid. As such it will appeal to students of Korean Studies, Development Studies, Asian Politics and International Relations.

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.

By: Sojin Lim (University of Central Lancashire UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 80g
ISBN: 9781032486895
ISBN 10: 1032486899
Series: Routledge Research on Korea
Pages: 146
Publication Date: 22 June 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction 2. Sanctions and Unintended Consequences 3. Resilience Through Marketisation and The Digital Economy 4. Street-Level Bureaucrats and Cloaked Society 5. International Aid and Uncloaking Society 6. Strong Regime but Dysfunctional State Capacity 7. Conclusion

Sojin Lim is Reader in Asia Pacific Studies (with special reference to Korea), Course Leader for both MA North Korean Studies and MA Asia Pacific Studies, and Co-Director of the International Institute of Korean Studies at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. She is the author of articles and book chapters on sustainable development and political economy. Her recent publications include Politics, International Relations and Diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula (2024). She frequently discusses changes in the Korean Peninsula in media interviews.