
South Korea is an emerging development aid donor, and its international development industry is rapidly expanding.
One reason: At the end of 2009, South Korea joined the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Development Assistance Committee, which requires each member state to spend 0.7 percent of its gross national income on official development assistance by 2015. The following year, South Korea’s aid budget increased nearly 25 percent; further increases are expected.
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