Korea in the World Economy: An OECD Appreciation of Its Newest Member

Korea in the World Economy: An OECD Appreciation of Its Newest Member

- Speaker: Donald Johnston, Secretary-General, OECD

- Date : February 11, 1999.

"Korea's accession as the 29th member of the OECD in December 1996 represented the culmination of 35 years of extraordinary growth and change that transformed one of the poorest nations in the world into the 11th largest economy and an exporting country...”