Helping developing nations make digital transition: S. Korea celebrates 10 years of giving back
- 3 years ago
국제개발원조 공여 10주년, 앙헬 구리아 OECD 사무총장&오준 前유엔 대사 인터뷰
From aid recipient to an active partner in global development,... South Korea celebrates the tenth year of officially giving back to the world, as a member of the OECD's committee of donor nations.
Our Oh Soo-young spoke with OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria and South Korea's former Ambassador to the UN Oh Joon,... who were at that historic scene when South Korea joined the committee a decade ago.
South Korea could be ready to upgrade its development assistance into a digital partnership to bring better and more sustainable lives for all in the post-pandemic world.
The country this year celebrated ten years since its world-first transition from aid recipient to an official donor country of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee.
Based on its own experience of emerging from the ashes of the Korean War in the mid-1950s,... to grow into the world's 10th largest economy today,... Korea has become a model for socioeconomic development.
"We're talking about one of the most remarkable, one of the most extraordinary transformations in one generation, you know, it was just 30 years and it means it can be done. It should be, it should be an incentive for every other country in the world, especially for developing countries. We're showing all the time, the example of Korea. Listen, these did not happen by itself. This was not a miraculous transformation. It's they call it the Korean miracle, but it's a miracle that was built by the Koreans themselves. It was a miracle that was done by hard work, but also good policies."
Along with the OECD Secretary-General, former South Korean Ambassador to the United Nations Oh Joon was at the scene of the transition in 2009,... pledging Korea's commitment to helping countries around the world tackle major challenges to development, from beating poverty, inequality and climate change to improving health, access to education, sustainable jobs and livelihoods.
"At that Special Meeting to accept Korea to the OECD Development Assistance Committee, I still remember saying that when OECD was created in 1961, South Korea was still struggling to rebuild itself from the ashes of the Korean War and our per capita GDP was only 82 US dollars. Since then, Korea received a total of 13 billion USD in foreign aid until we graduated as a recipient and became a donor in the 1990s. Our accession to the DAC in 2010 made our donorship official."
Over the past decade, South Korea's contribution to development assistance has grown the fastest among the 29 committee members, at an annual average of 11-point-9 percent.
Today, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, South Korea is also engaged in sharing know-how on its health and policy response.
Seoul has also committed to the global COVAX alliance, which aims to make COVID-19 vaccines available for developing countries.
Looking forward to a post-pandemic world,... all countries face critical, structural challenges the most dramatic of them all the ra
From aid recipient to an active partner in global development,... South Korea celebrates the tenth year of officially giving back to the world, as a member of the OECD's committee of donor nations.
Our Oh Soo-young spoke with OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria and South Korea's former Ambassador to the UN Oh Joon,... who were at that historic scene when South Korea joined the committee a decade ago.
South Korea could be ready to upgrade its development assistance into a digital partnership to bring better and more sustainable lives for all in the post-pandemic world.
The country this year celebrated ten years since its world-first transition from aid recipient to an official donor country of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee.
Based on its own experience of emerging from the ashes of the Korean War in the mid-1950s,... to grow into the world's 10th largest economy today,... Korea has become a model for socioeconomic development.
"We're talking about one of the most remarkable, one of the most extraordinary transformations in one generation, you know, it was just 30 years and it means it can be done. It should be, it should be an incentive for every other country in the world, especially for developing countries. We're showing all the time, the example of Korea. Listen, these did not happen by itself. This was not a miraculous transformation. It's they call it the Korean miracle, but it's a miracle that was built by the Koreans themselves. It was a miracle that was done by hard work, but also good policies."
Along with the OECD Secretary-General, former South Korean Ambassador to the United Nations Oh Joon was at the scene of the transition in 2009,... pledging Korea's commitment to helping countries around the world tackle major challenges to development, from beating poverty, inequality and climate change to improving health, access to education, sustainable jobs and livelihoods.
"At that Special Meeting to accept Korea to the OECD Development Assistance Committee, I still remember saying that when OECD was created in 1961, South Korea was still struggling to rebuild itself from the ashes of the Korean War and our per capita GDP was only 82 US dollars. Since then, Korea received a total of 13 billion USD in foreign aid until we graduated as a recipient and became a donor in the 1990s. Our accession to the DAC in 2010 made our donorship official."
Over the past decade, South Korea's contribution to development assistance has grown the fastest among the 29 committee members, at an annual average of 11-point-9 percent.
Today, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, South Korea is also engaged in sharing know-how on its health and policy response.
Seoul has also committed to the global COVAX alliance, which aims to make COVID-19 vaccines available for developing countries.
Looking forward to a post-pandemic world,... all countries face critical, structural challenges the most dramatic of them all the ra