Public Enterprise and Economic Development: The Korean Case. By Leroy P. Jones. Seoul (Korea): Korea Development Institute. 1975. xiii+293 pp

In: The Pakistan development review: PDR, Band 15, Heft 4, S. 458-460

Abstract

While framing policies for economic development the public
authorities-are by and large consciously or unconsciously motivated by
their ideological convictions. In a capitalist economy, for instance,
the government does not normally resort to socialist techniques even if
those techniques promote social welfare. But this general rule, like
many others, is not without exception. The book under review gives a
clear example of such an exception. Public enterprise, though considered
a necessary evil (p. 129), is shown to have per¬formed remarkably well
in South Korea. During the short period of ten years-(1968-1972), the
performance of the public sector in South Korea has been not only far
better than in many other countries but the sector has also emerged as-a
leading sector of the economy (p. 202).