Famine and Reform in North Korea

Marcus Noland

No WP03-5, Working Paper Series from Peterson Institute for International Economics

Abstract: North Korea has been experiencing a food emergency for more than a decade, and in the 1990s experienced a famine that may have claimed one million lives. The crisis is distinguished by its protracted nature, and while conditions have eased somewhat in recent years, the situation remains quite precarious and the country could lapse back into famine. This paper examines the origins of the food crisis, the impact of the 1990s famine, and the prospects for resolution of the North Korean emergency in light of economic reforms initiated in 2002 and the subsequent diplomatic confrontation over the country's nuclear program.

Keywords: famine; North Korea; reform of socialist systems; transitional economies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I11 O53 P20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-06
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