For countries seeking to accelerate the pace of development, Korea’s strategy and the policies it has employed to continually transform its economy, are a rich source of lessons. Late starting low-income countries and middle-income countries can derive insights from Korea’s transition to a high-income economy, by stimulating creative industries and promoting green technologies. The World Bank Group Open Learning Campus (OLC) is launching a FREE Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Policy Lessons from Korea’s Development on January 17, 2017.

This free online course will last four weeks and is taught by prominent representatives of academic and research institutions in Korea and the United States. It discusses Korea’s compelling story of economic growth, and how it was able to make the transition from a resource-poor, low-income nation to a high-income economy in only three decades. Participants will also have an opportunity to con-sider and discuss institutional and policy lessons applicable to the developmental challenges facing their own countries.

To sign up, please visit: https://www.edx.org/course/kee01x-korea-economic-development-wbgx/  

By World Bank Group