• Land and Housing Review
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.83-90
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• 2010

The purpose of the study is to investigate the degree of improvement in less prosperous index as a result of development promotion zone projects, one of the most representative projects to develop the less prosperous regions in Korea since 1994. Comparing two less prosperous indices between 1995 and 2008, we performed cluster analysis using change values of ranks. Then, we analysed spatial pattern of clusters. The result showed that the extent of improvement of the less prosperous index was higher in Jeollan-do and Chungcheong-do, and slightly lower in Gangwon-do and northern part of Gyeongsanbuk-do.

• Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.209-228
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• 2002

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate strategies for the attraction of Korean finns into EU Objective 1 (less prosperous region).2(regions facing structural difficulties or conversion) on the basis of Korean foreign direct investment in the European Union(EU) in the past 10 years (the late 1980s-late 1990s). Of such strategies the most important was incentive packages for Korean finns by those regions. Nonetheless, these packages did not contribute to the development of the finns and regions because of limits to the finns' competitiveness(cost competitiveness) and the regions' competitiveness(low productivity and skills). Consequently, these strategies of EU Objective 1.2 regions did not provide an opportunity for pathways to successful development because the incentive packages provided to the finns and regions without the consideration of their internal and external circumstances.