This study raises one of the fundamental questions on the role and function of the ‘civil petition/appeal,’ and the relevant institutional settings in Korean government that would foster positive contribution of such in the policy-making process and good governance. This study finds that the...

This study attempts to measure what effects the direction and size of contributions of a number of different income sources at the household level has on the changes in inequality indexes in Korea between 1988 and 2002. Based on the Urban Household Income and Expenditure Survey (UHIES) from the...

Are the workplace ethics of public servants in developing countries as dismal as one infers from the international corruption perception index (CPI)? A survey of 888 KOICA fellows of the class of 2010 shows that on a five-dimension workplace ethics — work ethic, job competence, public service...